By Yahaya Yusuf Kumo, The Qualitative Magazine correspondent, Gombe .
July 23, 2020
The Gombe State house of Assembly has on Thursday 17th July 2020 received Disability Right Bill from the Joint Association of Persons with Disability (Gombe State chapter)
During the presentation of the said Bill, while addressing members of the Gombe State house of assembly, the secretary of the Joint Association and National President of Nigerian Association of the Blind Ishiaku Adamu Gombe, who led the delegation, said the bill if established will go a long way in terms of solving the problems affecting persons with disabilities in the State.
In his words, “We are here today in the Gombe State House of Assembly, to present a bill that will establish an Agency for disables, that will cater their needs, in terms of Education, Health and Job creation thus eliminating street begging among them”
Adamu added that since the Federal Government had signed a disability bill into law, it is very important for Gombe state to do the same because of the benefits contained in the bill.
The Chairman of the Joint Association of Persons with disabilities Gombe State chapter, Hon. Ali Goro thanked the speaker and all Honorable members of the house for the opportunity rendered to Joint Association of person with Disability to present the said bill, describing it as unprecedented. He shed more light on the importance of the establishment of a disability agency at the state level.
In his words, “If the bill passed in to law, the disables will enjoy contesting political posts. There are NGOs that are ready to help disables with over 500 million Naira which will be in the coffers of the State.
“Resources of state government alone can’t handle issues of the disables, Federal government, Northeast Development Commission and foreign donors all will contribute for the agency” Ali Goro added.
In his remarks, the Speaker Rt. Hon. Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim, assured the disables’ delegates that the Members of the Gombe State Assembly will do everything possible to actualise their dreams.
