The Executive Secretary of the Commission, James Lalu made the call on Saturday at a para soccer novelty match.
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They made the demand Thursday in Abuja, at a stakeholders’ strategic roundtable on its ‘Able To Serve’ campaign.
The Ibadan Zonal Director of the Board, Olajumoke Adeleke disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Friday in the ancient city.
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, made this development known while speaking on Thursday in Abuja.
They made the call at an event organised in Lagos by the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities to mark the 2022 International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
Angela Ochu-Baiye, the founder of JDI, said in a statement in Lagos that the NGO was supported by Liliane Fonds through the Leprosy Mission Nigeria.
The group’s Executive Director Grace Jerry in a statement in Abuja also lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on its open -door policy with PWDs.
A cross section of those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday shortly after the bill scaled second reading at the House of Representatives said this.
The Founder, Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle, made the call at a dialogue session on disability inclusion in Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Dan, a part-time lecturer with the Plateau State Polytechnic and a PhD student with the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Jos.
The Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint one of them as minister to represent them in the Federal Executive Council.