Yar’adua calls Early Voting to allow security agent, aged persons, PWD vote before election date

ABUJA- CHAIRMAN, Northern Senators Forum, NSF, Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, APC, Katsina Central has called for the introduction of a bill that will give room for early Voting to allow for the aged, less privileged, and security personnel to vote before the main election date.

Senator Yar’adua has also urged the youths and women to seize power through better organization, just as he stressed the importance of youths and women organizing to control Nigeria’s political landscape at the North West Zonal Legislative Interactive Session in Katsina State.

The event, themed “Legislation and Participation of Women and Young Persons in Election and Leadership,” was organized by the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters and United Nations Women with funding support from the Government of Canada.

Senator Yar’adua who is the Vice Chairman of the Committee encouraged young people to leverage their energy and numbers to contest elective offices, rather than relying on established parties, adding, “Youths should capitalize on their demographic advantage to drive change. Women’s participation is crucial for representative governance.”

On the appointment of the INEC chairman Sen.Yar’adua noted that the current system ensures checks and balances for the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman’s appointment. He stressed that issues relating to electoral malpractices have to do with the behavioural patterns of the political class and the electorates rather than the complicity of the Electoral Commission.

The two-day event brought together various youths and women’s groups from the North West of Nigeria. Notable attendees included the Katsina State Governor’s representative, the Secretary to the State Government, Alh
Abdullahi Garba Faskari, and some Senate Committee on Electoral Matters members led by the Chairman, Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli.