Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has distributed mobility aids worth millions of naira to people living with disabilities (PLWDs), to improve their living standards in the state.
Items distributed to the beneficiaries included the wheel chairs, tricycles, guide canes, hearing aids, walking sticks and crutches.
At the brief ceremony held in Ilorin, the state capital, the governor said the programme is one of numerous interventions of his administration to address the social needs of the physically challenged and the less privileged in the state.
“I am here this morning to flag off the distribution of mobility aids to people living with disabilities. It is an annual event of this administration to put smiles on the faces of the people living with disabilities.
“ Today’s programme is again one out of the numerous social intervention programmes this administration has executed for the benefits of the citizens. We have continually provided succor to the needy, downtrodden and the less privileged across the nooks and crannies of the state,” AbdulRazaq said.
The governor said the administration has been showing kindness to the people living with disabilities through skills acquisition such as sending them to Farm Craft Centre, Isheri-olofin Lagos State to learn a certain trade for them to be self-reliant.
Represented by his chief of staff, Alhaji Abdulkadir Mahe, AbdulRazaq called on the public-spirited individuals, philanthropists and corporate bodies in the state to complement the government’s efforts at improving the living conditions of persons living with disabilities.
“With such skills and support, we hope to guarantee their dignity as human beings who do not need to beg for alms to survive. Similarly, we have continually provided timely relief materials to our people at the school for Special Needs, at Oyun. Indeed, we have appointed persons living with disabilities to top government positions, including in the civil service,” he said.
AbdulRazaq congratulated the beneficiary and urged them to keep the items in good use.
