OGUN SCIAN TASKS OGSG OVER DOMESTICATION OF NATIONAL DISABILITY LAW
Mr Ayodele Awobona, the Ogun State Chairman of Spinal Cord Injuries Association of Nigeria (SCIAN), has tasked the Ogun State Government OGSG over the domestication of the National Disability Law across the State.
Awobona, who made the call at the 2022 Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month celebration, with the theme, “Spinal Cord Injury in Conflicts and Disaster: How to Prepare and Prevent”‘ held in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, said the action will further give members of the association sense of belonging in the society.
He said, “government should help us domesticate the national disability law. This will give us a sense of belonging in the society”.
He lamented that society has not been friendly to people with disability, stressing that there is ‘big discrimination against them.
If society embraces us and welcomes us well, things will change.
“For instance, for us to get people to marry us is a big problem. When you see someone you like to marry, society will question why the person wants to be with you. When going out, transporters charge us exorbitantly. They believe that we are richer than other people”.
Speaking on the importance of the programme, Awobona noted that it will create awareness of how helpers and responders attend to accident victims so that their actions did not worsen the condition of the victims.
