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Kogi Disability Community Presents Demands To Governor Ododo

byAyobami Omole
2 years ago
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The Disability Community in Kogi State has presented a charter of demands to the state government aimed at inclusive budgeting and full participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in governance.
The group under the aegis of Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Persons with Physical Disability (NAPWPD) and the national secretariat made the presentation at Kogi State Office For Disability Affairs (KOSODA).

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“We, the people with disabilities, assembled in Lokoja, from 15th to 16th of January, 2024, present this Charter of Demands on the rights of persons with disabilities to inclusive budgeting and development; developed through a consultative process involving representatives of all clusters and associations of persons with disabilities from across the 21 local government areas of the state.
“All demands presented were endorsed by all members of the Disability Community and the Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs,” he said.

A PWDs rights activist, Barrister Yusuf Iyondo, said the community in the state demands amendments to the state public finance management law, state procurement act, full implementation of the provisions of Kogi State Disability law, and inclusion of disability equity issues in the state 32-years development plan to bring about effective disability inclusion policies in the state in line with the United Nations convention on rights of persons with disability (UNCRPD) and the national disability act, domesticated in the state.

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On education, the group asked the state government to set up Education Assessment and Resource Services (EARS) to cater for peculiarities of learners with disabilities, while it advocates an immediate budgetary commitment of at least 2.5 per cent of GDP towards disability inclusion endeavours in the state.

In the document, the group said the principle of “non-retrogression” was applied in articulating the disability demands with a view to preventing “disproportionate and arbitrary cuts in budgetary allocations to disability specific projects in the state.”

The state chairman of NAPWPD, Comrade Hassan Sule Destiny, appealed to Kogi State government to ensure that persons with disabilities benefit maximally from resource allocation and unhindered participation in Kogi State growth and development as Hassan Destiny, calls on Kogi State government to increase its disability responsiveness by adding disability inclusion in the annual performance agreements of accounting officers and CAOs in line with the group demands in view of the extra costs faced by persons with disabilities in the state.

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While the national president of NAPWPD, Comrade Ridwanu Abdulllahi, called on the PWDs stakeholders in the state to constantly engage government officials for policy dialogue on disability inclusion in the state, national secretary of the association, Comrade Bisong Ignatius, and a development consultant to NAPWPD, Mr. Josiah Achimugu, the lead facilitator at the training session on CRPD compliant budgeting and advocacy, urged the PWDs in the state to sustain the momentum of struggle for disability inclusion just as they called on Kogi State government to complete the inclusive education policy and implement a time-bound plan for the transition from ‘special’ to ‘Inclusive’ education for all learners with disabilities.

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