As the global community marks this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze, has called for collaborative efforts by governments and well-meaning individuals to map out measures to improve the living standard of persons with disabilities; in line with international best practices relating to provision of opportunities for persons with various disabilities.
Felicitating persons with disabilities as they mark their day, Right Honourable Udeze commended the 6th Anambra State House of Assembly for enacting a law for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the state, which he said gave rise to the establishment of the Anambra State Disability Rights Commission.
The Speaker, who called on the National Assembly and state legislatures in the country to emulate the Anambra State House of Assembly by coming up with policies and legislation aimed at providing a better life for persons with disabilities, lauded Governor Chukwuma Soludo for all his assistance to the Disability Rights Commission in the state, especially his recent equipment of the Commission with cutting edge digital tools to revolutionalize its advocacy and support for persons with disabilities.
He urged persons with disabilities to live above all forms of discrimination and stigmatization, and strive to improve their living conditions, even as he enjoined the public and private organizations to integrate persons with disabilities in their schemes and provide enabling environment for them to enable them showcase their talents.
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