have called on the state and federal governemnts to create platforms and infrastructure that will put an end to segregation, discrimination, and non-inclusivity experienced by persons living with disabilities .
IDPD is celebrated on December 3 every year, since 1992, to promote the rights and well-being of PWDs and to create awareness on their situation. “The government is not trying to help the people, we are not in support of dashing out N100,000 to people. Shehu Isah, another PWD, expressed the difficulty experienced by PWDs in accessing the airport, banks, like every other able Nigerian.
Mr Isah, who used to be a shop owner at the domestic airport in Lagos , said he was ejected during the renovation of the shops to meet international standard, but was never taken back.
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