The Kwara House of Assembly has assured of the amendment of the state’s Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Law 2016 to correct irregularities identified therein.
The Deputy Clerk, Kwara House of Assembly, Malam Nasiru Kareem, said this when receiving officials of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Connected Development (CODE), who paid him an advocacy visit in Ilorin on Monday.
Kareem said that the amendment was imperative to ensure full implementation of the Persons With Disabilities Act as Kwara was among the first states to enact the law, even before the Federal Government did.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Kwara Assembly had in 2016 passed into law the bill as moved by Aisha Ibrahim and seconded by Hon. Abdulrafiu Abdulrahman.
The bill, however, was returned to the House for an amendment of a provision in its Part 2, which bothers on Administrative Organisation, that negates the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018.
The Kwara law states: ”There shall be an Executive Secretary for the office, who must be a person with appropriate experience and knowledge on matters relating to the care and maintenance of people with disabilities.
The PWD Act on the other hand states that the Executive Secretary shall be a person with disability and with appropriate experience.
The deputy clerk said that he would ensure that the law was amended by the legislature to comply with the Act and international standards
Earlier, CODE Supporting Officer in Kwara, Mr Kehinde Akinsola, said that the visit was to inform the House of Assembly of its programme, Project Trust, aimed at strengthening citizen’s trust in the government and its projects.
He said the organisation has helped ensured accountability by bringing together members of the ‘”Community of Practice” that sensitise the people on the engagement of their lawmakers and tracking of government’s projects.
”We also engage in radio programmes to get to the grassroots and create more awareness of the need to build trust which will help in ensuring good governance.
”We want to ensure that the government is an inclusive one that gives everyone a sense of belonging, which is why we want the amendment of the People with Disabilities Act in the state,” Akinsola said. (NAN).
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