Persons living with disabilities have called on the Federal Government on the provision of national disability legislation that would guarantee the rights of the estimated 22 million Nigerians with various disabilities.
They argued that with a population that is above several African countries, it is incomprehensible to thinks that there is no legal or policy framework to mainstream such persons into the policy.
Speaking at a media training workshop on for the international Conference on Disabilities with the theme: “Improving Access and Building Capacity” which began yesterday in Lagos, Director, Anglo –Nigeria Association for the Blind, ANWARD, Danlami Basharu noted that despite Nigeria’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons, UNCRPD, with Disabilities, it is yet to have in place such local legislation.
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