The Strategic Action for Community Development (SACD), in collaboration with several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) across Nigeria, initiated an awareness program targeted at enlightening members of several rural communities scattered across Nigeria on the importance of electoral participation, the need to shun electoral malpractices such as vote buying, rigging, etc, and to inform them of the importance of the upcoming election in order to improve the voter turn-out and ensure they understand that their votes count.
The Naza Agape Foundation was chosen for this cause and reached out to communities from the Jebbu-Miango community of Bassa local government in Plateau State, Nigeria. Our state team lead in the person of Ms. Zumnan Mercy Kevin gave an opening speech, introducing the members of the organization stating our reason for the visit, and about the forthcoming elections.
An interpreter in the person of Ms. Peace Gyang was provided to communicate to the people of the community in hausa (not the native language), for those who did not understand English, and refreshments were shared to the participants at the end of the outreach.
