FG calls for creation of ECOWAS disability agency to integrate policies on PWDs

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The federal government has called for the creation of the Economic Community of West African States agency for disability affairs .

“In order to make an all-inclusive region for persons with disabilities in member states, Nigeria is calling for the establishment of the “ECOWAS Agency for Disability Affairs,” Enitan said. “Disability is a part of human diversity that must be respected and supported in all its forms, people with disabilities have the same rights as everyone else in society,” he added.

 

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