BY UMAR YUSUF
YOLA – Adamawa chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) on Monday staged a protest in Yola over alleged discrimination against their members in government appointments.
Malam Kwada Tizhe, the branch Chairman of the association who led the protest to the Government House, Yola, told journalists that the State Government discriminated against the members in appointment.
Tizhe alleged that previous and present administrations in the state had neglected and did not pay attention to the plight of blind people and their families.
“People living with disabilities especially blindness are not considered in any government’s employment, despite the fact that there are post graduate certificate holders among them,” Tizhe said.
According to the chairman, the blind training centres in the state had been neglected to the extent that…
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