By Friday Olokor
Plans for the recruitment of 600 qualified graduates and Persons With Disabilities into the federal civil service have reached an advanced stage, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability, Dr Samuel Ankeli, has said.
The campaign, sponsored by the Federal Government, United Nations and European Union is implemented by the Centre for Communication and Social Impact.
Ankali said, “The greatest achievement we have made, historically, is the Law on Discrimination against PWDs.
The Head of Risk Communication and Community Engagement at the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Dr Yahaya Disu, advised that members of NAB should continue to follow the COVID protocol to turn the curve on the pandemic.At the event, the Programme Officer at CCSI, Adenike Ayodele, said the PLWDs were a core of the people that should receive information about COVID-19, as they were strategic to the campaign.
