Enforce Lagos State Special People’s Law and Disabilities, government urged

Government at all levels have been urged to come up with more effective ways to ensure the enforcement of the Lagos State Special People’s Law and Disabilities, especially in the aspect of accessibility for people with disabilities across the State. The executive director of Centre for People with Disabilities, David  Anyaele made this call at a day sensitization forum on Lagos State Special People’s Law for Local Government Chairmen in Lagos State.

According to him, there is the need for a reorientation of MDA officials on the Lagos State Special People’s Law, as the challenges faced by people with disabilities remains one that could only be successfully managed through a multi-Sectional approach.

Earlier, General Manager LASODA, Dr Awelenje Babatunde, maintained that the Lagos State Government had to change the standard of living of people with disabilities across the State, putting an end to inaccessibility and unemployment.

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“The issue of disability is complex, dynamic and dimensional. The major aspects that are faced by the disabled are the issue of accessibility and unemployment. Governor Ambode recruited 250 disabled persons into Civil service, 100 into the mainstream and 150 into the local government and this cut across all the clusters- blindness, deafness and intellectual disability. We have picked up sign language training workshops as an annual event. This is to cater for the people with hearing impairment with an interactive session with the people in special schools,” he concluded.