Nigeria - The Presidency has announced that a Disability bill that will help physically challenged Nigerians to access cheap and affordable equipment like braille and hearing aid has passed its fourth reading.
Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Disability Matters, Dr. Samuel Ankeli, in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune said President Buhari will soon sign the bill.
Ankeli said: “President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the disability bill into law this time. It has been passed four times by the national assembly.”
Dr. Ankeli said President Mohammadu Buhari is seriously committed to the welfare of people with disability, stressing that the President believed in peace and negotiation to ensure a violence free society so as not to increase disability.
He said: “One Braille machine is N180,000. Why should it be? Government is buying laptops for civil servants who are receiving salaries. What we are doing is a holistic approach.
“I’m talking with people that produce this Braille. They are coming to this country this year in August probably. Why can’t we have assembly plant and produce them and wheel chairs here? We import them at very high price because of exchange rate.
“We have a large consumer state here, so, they can come and assemble them here. Nobody had ever given that consideration. Why is it that a hearing aid is more expensive than a car. We can do some surgical interventions to some issues and it will work but where are the experts. All these issues will be put in proper perspective.”
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