by Chris Agbo
Going by Organization of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) outcry for lack of sign language interpreters in all the COVID-19 campaigns in television stations and broadcast by President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State.
On the commencement of the briefings by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sightsavers approached the Ministry of Health, the coordinating Ministry for Presidential Task Force, proposed and made provision of sign language interpreters all their briefings.
With these gesture from Sightsavers, sign language interpreters have been present in the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefings since Monday and Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters management and Social Development have followed suit and they also have sign language interpreters in all their briefings.
We learnt from Sightsavers that they will also provide sign language interpreters for Lagos state governor briefings on COVID-19 in the coming days.
It would be nice for us to have sign language interpreting in all COVID-19 jingles on Television stations across the country to carry along millions of deaf people.
