Group Demands Passage Of Disability Bill

The Ohaneze Disability
Forum, a socio-political organisation for persons with disability in the South East, has called for the immediate passage of the disability bill in the zone.
In a three-page communiqué issued by the group at the end of its inaugural meeting in Umuahia, the group said the bill would help to protect the rights of the persons with disability.
The communiqué, jointly signed by the President and Secretary of the forum, Messrs Paul Ihekwoaba and Okey Kanu respectively, urged the governors of states in the zone to allot elective and appointive quota in their cabinet to them to enable them to contribute to the process of governance.
It also called on the various governments in the zone to create employment and empowerment schemes for them noting that the initiative would help to discourage them from engaging in street begging and social vices.
The group also called on the state and local governments to put a comprehensive scholarship scheme in place for them stating that the measure would help to make education accessible to indigent persons with disability in the area.