The Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC) Monday officially launched the 2022 Inclusive Mural Art Exhibition Competition, focusing mainly on women, youths and persons living with disability. The launched was held at the Commission’s Lower Montserrado County Magisterial Office, Brewerville.
The NEC mural art competition is under the auspices of the Communications Section of the Commission, and seeks to promote the idea of “inclusive elections” in Liberia.
The NEC art competition was launched with funding from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Elections Support Office in Liberia, the governments of Ireland and Sweden, and the UN Women.
Launching the program, the Chairperson of NEC, Davidetta Browne Lansanah, said the competition seeks to use art to draw public attention to the importance of inclusive election for women, youths and person living with disability in all of the electoral processes.
Browne Lansanah said she wants parents and the communities to also create avenues for their children to be trained in artistic work that brings out and sharpens the talents and skills of young people for future development in the country. She maintained that she wants parents and the community to put more emphasis on artistic work.
The NEC mural art competition on inclusive elections was also launched simultaneously across Liberia.
