On Thursday, Deaf Resource Centre in continuation of their activities to mark the International Day for Sign Language embarked an awareness rally in Unity Fountain, Abuja.
The event recorded huge attendance of people ranging from deaf people, other clusters of disabilities, students, member of Rotary Club, the media, development partners and other interested members of the public.
The founder and CEO of Deaf Resource Centre, Timothy Tinat addressing the crowd said that the essence of the rally is to create awareness about sign language and its importance in our society. He informed that sign language is the language of the deaf and we have over ten million deaf people in Nigeria and the way and manner they access information should be a cause for concern to the public and even the government.
While thanking NTA for including sign language interpreting in all their news from Mondays to Fridays, he urged the public and the government to include sign language interpreting in all programs, events and schools to enhance the inclusion of the deaf.
The event witnessed learning some alphabets and greetings in sign language and there was also a procession around Unity Fountain.
You will recall that September 23rd is international day for the sign language and the deaf Community use the week as deaf week with series of events to draw the attention of the public to the their rights. The theme of this year’s event is reaffirming deaf people’s human rights.
Some Pictures of the event
