By Daniel Tyokua
The Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited. (PAN), has called on strategic actors in country to evolve measures that would improve healthcare and education services for persons living with disabilities.
PAN chairman and a former member of House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmed Wadada stated this on Wednesday, in Keffi Area of Nasarawa state when he donated a utility vehicle to leadership of persons living with disabilities.
Wadada explained that his concern to the plight of persons with special needs was natural, saying he would continue to sacrifice his resources and energy to improve their well-being.
The chairman and founder of Keffi Polo Ranch advised government and private organisations to modify public buildings, structures, and automobiles to make them accessible and usable for people with disabilities.
He also stressed the need for the three ties of government to ensure full implementation of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Wadada, who is a Senatorial position for Nasarawa West, said authorities should put workable measures in place for its implementation to ensure equal treatment and participation of people with disabilities in the country.
He noted that the law prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and imposes sanctions including fines and prison sentences on those who contravened it.
The former lawmaker, who advocated enhanced educational support for persons with disabilities, disclosed that his education foundation would continue to accord priority to their education and health needs.
Responding, the Director of Persons with Disabilities, Wadada Frontiers, Malam Idris Muhammad, thanked Wadada for his continued assistance toward ensuring the wellbeing of persons with special needs in Nasarawa State.
“On behalf of the persons with special needs of Wadada Frontiers, I hereby express our profound appreciation to Wadada for his efforts towards addressing the plights of persons with special needs, be it health, education, welfare.
“Most importantly, the donation of vehicle is to ease the movement of persons with special needs.
“I therefore declare our total support to the Senatorial ambition of Wadada due to his empathy, competency, credibility, and passion for human empowerment and development,” Muhammad said.
The highpoint of the event was presentation of the key of the vehicle to leader of person with special needs, Mr Muhammad.
