People with Disability (PWD) have expressed concern over how corruption in government affects their welfare and urged the Kaduna State government to facilitate the passage of the People With Disability Bill currently at the House of Assembly. The chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD), Kaduna State chapter, Suleiman Abdulazeez, said this at a workshop on ‘Strengthening Citizens’ Resistance Against Prevalence of Corruption’ organised in Kaduna by the Centre For Citizens With Disability (CCD).
He said corruption in government denied members of the association their rights to good healthcare and other facilities in the state adding: “Funds that should be used to cater for Nigerians are being mismanaged.”
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The Senior Programme Officer of CCD, Kola Ogunbiyi, encouraged people with disabilities to ensure the passage of the bill.
“If the disability bill is passed it will guarantee equality and access, and we will begin to have a better society.
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