TQM report
The Hon. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq represented by the Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) Mr James David Lalu on Wednesday participated at LIFE ENHANCEMENT EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES IN THE NORTH-WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE organized by Federal Ministry of Youth and Sport Development in Collaboration with Kano State Government in Kano, Kano State.
The Minister who was a guest speaker at the event applauded the Ministry of Youth and Sport Development for complying with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives during the June 12 Democracy day National Broadcast where the President directed all MDAs to fully include persons with disability in all their projects and programs. The Hon. Minister while appreciating the Kano State Governor for signing into law the Kano State Persons with Disability Law 2018 further called on the Kano State Government to establish Kano state Commission for Persons with Disabilities to ensure adequate implementation of the provisions of the law.
The Minister in her concluding remarks thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Discrimination Against Persons with Disability (Prohibition) Act 2018 into law and for further establishing the Commission, saying that it has demonstrated the President’s passion and love for the Disability community. She therefore, charged Persons with Disabilities to take advantage of the program which geared towards improving their skills and learning better ways of engaging the society at large.
