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Co-founder of Amputee Coalition of Nigeria Florence Marcus has called for capacity building, simplifying and creating awareness of whistle-blowing in a format that it would be well understood by person with disabilities.
She made this assertion on Friday at a Radio Town Hall Meeting on Whistle-blower Protection organised by the African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG).
She said that Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) had the capacity of whistle-blowing but were the most marginalised and vulnerable people.
She stressed that PWD’s needed to be assisted to understand the Whistle-blower Policy through technology and accessible information.
“There is need for the braille but there are a lot of technology that they use to read and it will be better if they are put in audio format for the blind; visual or video with sign language interpretation and subtitle for the deaf.
“This policy can be in simplified versions, like in pidgin English and in our local languages for them to have access to and through billboards.”
Marcus urged the government to implement anti-corruption laws that would give assurances and protection to whistle-blowers, while ensuring transparency and accountability for the funds recovered from corruption. (icirnigeria)
