Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Ondo State have cried out against their exclusion from budgetary allocations by successive state governments.
They have also demanded the protection of their rights so as to make life easier for their members.
They were led by the Executive Director, Disability Not A Barrier Initiative (DINABI), Olajide Benjamin.
Mr Olajide, a computer engineer, told the NUJ, under the chairmanship of Leke Adegbitre, that what government had been doing for the PWDs in Ondo State was charity and not giving them their rights.
He said all they were asking from Ondo State Government was equity, inclusion and justice in government programmes.
He also called on parents not to keep indoors, their childr...
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