Aver Akighir
Aver Akighir is a woman with disability from Gboko, Benue state who had disability as a result of accident which led to her amputation. A graduate of English from Benue State University. A football player currently the captain of Amputee Football Federation of Nigeria, a board member of Amputees collation of Nigeria, the founder of Benue Diva’s hangout (a meetings of young girls with disability) and co-founder of Questaid Foundation. She found love in baking, hairstyling, motivational speaking and above all a renowned disability rights advocate through her disability-oriented TV program known as Possibilities TV show.
Possibilities TV show is a program on Catholic TV(CTV) where persons with disabilities come to share the stories behind their scales, fears, aspirations, what they are doing, what they have been through, what they intent to be in future. The program is aim at encouraging other PWD’s and parents of PWD’s who have giving up on themselves and also educating the public on the plights of persons with disabilities. The responses from the public has been amazing and the effect on the public has been very positive.
This noble TV program has been struggling for sponsorship to the extent that it is at the verge of folding up. It needs urgent support from the public to sustain it. The founder and the presenter, Aver Akighir in her Facebook timeline at 1.10pm on August 7, 2019 said the following “putting together Possibilities TV program has not been easy. Sometimes even what to wear and go on air I don’t have talk more of the air fee for airing my program, I have thought of giving up so many times but each time the thought is so strong someone out there will just show up to encourage me. What am I trying to say here; see you ,yes you reading this message right now can be of help to this program by either paying for our air time on any TV station of your choice ,or you can sponsor our trip to go out in any of the states to record those challenged persons who want to share their stories of survival to the world, or you can sponsor wears for the presenter of this program . By so doing God will bless you and you are also contributing in helping the voice of the vulnerable group in the society to be heard”.
You can support this program through donations and advert placements. It will be nice for the general public to come to the rescue of this program. It will be disheartening if this program is allowed to go into extinction.
Call Aver Akighir on 08068554752 for further enquires and please make your donations to support the program to Account details: Aver Akighir, Gtbank: 0139406095. Nothing will be too small to help sustain this noble program.
Studio address: Opposite Holy Rosary Catholic church, 51, Mambolo street, Wuse Zone 2, Abuja (The Last floor is Catholic TV office).
THESE ARE SOME PICTURES TAKEN AT THE SHOW
