Implement disability law before leaving office – Ogun PWDs beg Abiodun

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPWD, and the Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria, SCIAN, person appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to afloat instrumentality the Ogun State Disability Law earlier his tenure expires successful 8 months.

The groups made the telephone connected Wednesday astatine a associated property briefing held astatine the NUJ Press Centre, Iwe Iroyin House, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta.

Recall that the Ogun State Disability Law was signed by erstwhile Governor Ibikunle Amosun connected December 27, 2017, but astir 9 years after, it is yet to beryllium afloat operationalised.

Speaking astatine the briefing, the National President of SCIAN, Abdulwahab Matepo, and the Chairman of JONAPWD, Ogun State chapter, Ayo Awobona, said persons with disabilities were inactive waiting for the instrumentality to construe into functioning institutions and enforceable protections.

“A instrumentality passed to support the rights of persons with disabilities indispensable not stay a instrumentality connected paper. It indispensable go a instrumentality successful action,” they said.

The groups said they had engaged the authorities authorities done meetings, consultations, letters, courtesy visits and media advocacy since 2025 without immoderate factual result.

They stressed that their run was not to co...