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Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) led by the Executive Director, Dr. Irene Ojiugo Patrick-Ogbogu embarked on Advocacy visit to the Managing Director, FAAN Capt. Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu.
The MD, FAAN in his response made firm commitments to collaborate with DRAC to ensure that the highlighted issues are strategically addressed and immediately gave instructions for the incorporation of DRAC’s recommendations for accessible airports into the agency’s plans.
The Executive Director, DRAC, presented to the MD copies of the gazetted and simplified versions of the Disability Act as well as a picture frame of Part IV (14)of the Act outlining Government’s responsibility to persons with disabilities during air travel, which he also instructed should be immediately produced in larger versions and put up in all 5 international airports to raise awareness of the public on disability rights in aviation settings.
This visit is part of DRAC’s Advocacy for the implementation of the relevant aspects of the Disability Act regarding access to transportation with support from the Ford Foundation.
