General Right to Vote
Constitution
(1999)

• Section 77, subsection (2) states, “Every citizen of Nigeria, who has attained the age of eighteen years residing in Nigeria at the time of the registration of voters for purposes of the election to a legislative house, shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for that election.”

Exclusion Based on Intellectual Disability
Constitution
(1999)

• Section 66, subsection (1) states, "No person shall be qualified for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives if...(b) under any law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind..."
• Section 66, subsection (2) states, "Where in respect of any person who has been (a) adjudged to be a lunatic; (b) declared to be of unsound mind; ... any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of the section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal lapses or is abandoned, whichever is earlier.
• Section 107, subsection (1) states, "No person shall be qualified for election to the House of Assembly if...(b) under any law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind..."
•  Section 137, subsection (1) states, "A person shall not be qualified for election to the office of President if...(c) under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind."
• Section 182, subsection (1) states, “No person shall be qualified for election to the office of Governor of a State if...(c) under the law in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind.”

Electoral Law
2010 Electoral Act

• Section 107, subsection (1) states, “A person shall not be qualified to contest an Area Council election under this Act if...(b) he is adjudged to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind under any law in force in any part of Nigeria..”

Voter Assistance
Electoral Law
2010 Electoral Act

• Section 14 states, “In the performance of his or her duties under this Act, a registration officer and an update officer shall...(b) require any voter or applicant to complete an application form for the purpose of registration. However, in the case of an illiterate or disabled person such application form may be completed by the registration officer on the applicant’s request.”
• Section 56 states...
• A voter who is blind or is otherwise unable to distinguish symbols or who suffers from any other physical disability may be accompanied into the polling unit by a person chosen by him and that person shall, after informing the Presiding Officer of the disability, be permitted to accompany the voter into the voting compartment and assist the voter to make his mark in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Commission.
• The Commission may take reasonable steps to ensure that voters with disabilities are assisted at the polling place by the provision of suitable means of communication, such as Braille, large embossed print or electronic devices or sign language interpretation, or off-site voting in appropriate cases.

Voting Manuals
Election Officials Manual
(2011)

• Page 24 states, “[On the application of indelible ink] For voters who have missing Right/Left hand/thumb, the Poll Assistant shall apply the indelible ink to the next finger of the respective hand. If the voter has no Right/Left hand, the Poll Assistant shall apply the indelible ink to the corresponding toes of the voter’s Right/Left foot. If the voter has neither fingers nor toes, indelible ink shall be applied on the corresponding toes of the person assisting him/her.”
• Page 24 states, “On no grounds should a voter be denied the right to vote owing to disabilities.”
• Page 26 states, “A voter who is blind or otherwise unable to distinguish symbols or who suffers any other physical disability is allowed to be accompanied into the polling station and assisted to vote by a person chosen by him/her.”

• Constitution - http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm
• Electoral Law - http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/NG/nigeria-electoral-act-2010/view
• Election Officers Manual - http://www.ng.undp.org/dgd/INEC-Manual-Election-Officials.pdf