Centre for Citizens with Disability (CDD) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to give presidential assent to the Disability Bill to assist alleviate the sufferings of People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs).
The Executive Director of CDD, Mr. David Anyaele made the appeal through a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. Anyaele stated that the signing of the Bill into law would guarantee the rights and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in the country.Over 25 million Nigerians currently live with one form of disability or another to whom the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara recently promised a face-lift through the passage of the bill.
Also recall that the clamour for the enactment of such law to alleviate the plights of PLWDs began with the sponsorship of the Disability Bill 18 years ago, precisely in the year 2000.
Mr Anayele who expressed deep concern over the bill also condemned the absence of legal framework on issues of disabilities even after the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed by state parties in March, 2007.
He lamented that several attempts made by successive administrations in Nigeria to sign the Disability Bill had failed.
He said: “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.
CCB Appeals To President Buhari To Sign Disability Bill Into Law
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