By Ikenna Uwadileke
The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CDD) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Disability Bill to ensure the full integration of People with Disabilities (PWDs) into the society.
The Executive Director of CDD, Mr David Anyaele, made the call while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
Anyaele said that the Bill when signed into law would guarantee the rights and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in the country.
“It is our belief that signing the Bill into an Act will go a long way to ameliorate the challenges that confront persons with disabilities into equal opportunities like other countries in Africa.’’
Anyaele expressed concern that Nigeria had no legal framework on issues of disabilities since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed by state parties on March, 2007.
“Nigeria ratified…
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