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Disability Community Commend Governor Obiano

By Ekwi Ajide

Anambra State has been described as number one in disability inclusion in Nigeria.

Disability Community who converged on the Anambra liaison office in Abuja with a thank you message for Governor Willie Obiano said no other State comes close in taking care of persons with disabilities.

The group led by the Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Disability Matters, Barrister Chucks Ezewuzie, noted that the events of the past seven years of Governor Willie Obiano’s administration present incontrovertible evidence of a paradigm shift from talk to walk, from charity to opportunity, and from privilege to right.

They stated that the Obiano – led administration has been a game changer for the disability community as he has passion for humanity and began to demonstrate his humane nature in favour of persons with disabilities by approving the establishment of the Office of the Governor on Disability Matters.

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The group, counted appointment of a person with disability to the position of a Special Adviser to the governor, employement of several persons with disabilities into the state civil service workforce, and promotion of civil servants with disabilities who had been stagnated in various positions as some of the laudable marks of the present administration for the disability community.

According to them, Anambra State made history when the Governor employed the first deaf sign language interpreter in Nigeria who is able to adapt the American sign language into local signs for the less educated members of the deaf community and other sign languageinterpretersfor easy communicationin for the deaf in hospital, courts, worship centres among others adding that the Governor has always encouraged and promoted athletes and medalists with disabilities just as their trainers and coaches also received handsome packages.

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They posited that Anambra State remains the only state in the South East that has a law in place to protect the rights of people with disabilities as the governor signed into law, a bill for the protection of the rights, welfare and prohibition of discrimination against persons with disabilities and as well set up an implementation committee

They expressed joy that Governor Obiano has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to disability inclusive policy emphasized in his annual budget speech for 2021 financial year and even co-opted a member of the disability community into the Anambra Cargo Airport Committee to provide expert advice.

The group called on relevant authorities in the country to emulate governor Obiano and his wife Ebelechukwu’s empowerment path to ensure disability inclusion, equal opportunity and participation of people with disabilities in governance.

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