The Honourable Minister of Humanity and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has presented thousands of assistive devices to people with disabilities which will be shared across the country, to states and LGAs as her Ministry marks this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the Shehu Yaradua Centre, Abuja.
Some of the items she distributed include Orbit readers, collapsible guide claim, iPhone Pro Max with optical characters, typewriters jaw screen readers, laptops with jaws, the talking watch, digital magnifiers, low vision lamps, the charisma share water, the beauty blocks for CWA, the talking toys for CWA, the doorbell for the deaf, the speech to text for the deaf, the alerting devices, the digital hearing aids, the HP laptops, sewing machines, hairdryers, air cleaners, motorized wheelchairs of different types clutches among others.
According to her, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has already directed that 10% of all the intervention programs of the Ministry be given to the PWDs, pointing out that the president runs an inclusive administration.
“President Tinubu is prepared and committed to doing everything possible to see that PWDs take center stage in our country’s development,” Edu said.
Present at the event, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, James Lalu commended President Tinubu for giving them Dr Edu as Minister supervising the commission.
Lalu who described the Minister as the ambassador of the disability community, lauded her for providing innovative and dynamic leadership in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. “President Tinubu has given us a BETTA HAND,” Lalu cheered.
Also at the flagoff of the 2023 International Day of Persons with Disabilities event were Senator Osita Izunaso who is representing the Imo West Senatorial district and Chairman, of the House of Representatives Committee on Persons with Disabilities, Dr Basheer Dauda, SA to President on Disability as well as development partners who have been working with the Commission.