People with Disabilities Call for Inclusiveness

Date: 2022-06-21

People living with disabilities have called for inclusiveness in all spheres of life, for them to have a sense of belonging. The call was made by the Kwara Women Leader for Joint National Association of

People with Disabilities (JONAPED), Mrs Joy Bolarin, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin yesterday.

She said people with disabilities could use their talents to contribute meaningfully to the society, adding that “our disability doesn't mean liability.

“We can be what we want to be if given an enabling environment to thrive by using our talents to contribute meaningfully to the society.

“The way we can be given a voice is through inclusiveness. Any activity or programme in the society, people with disabilities should be included.

“We should be given a voice so that whenever decisions are taken, we will be able to give our inputs.

“We should be given equal opportunities in education, marriage, job opportunities and leadership; we need representation everywhere.

“We should be allowed to speak because he who wears the shoe, knows where it pinches.”

Bolarin, who is also the Founder, Jibore Impeccable Foundation, which promotes ability in disability, said people with disabilities could also do things able-bodied people do.

She said people with disabilities have been discriminated against in so many ways, “but the truth is that we can also do everything an able-bodied man or woman do.

“Our physical appearance doesn't affect the work we do; we take care of our homes, children and things we ought to do. “There is ability in disability.”

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Monsurat Omotosho     Damilola Yusuf     Bello Oyebanji     Amoyo     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Neo Mundo Ltd     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Segun Olawoyin     T And K FOODS     Senate Presidency     Sobi     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Kwara Volleyball Association     Hakeem Idris     Oladimeji Thompson     Overland     Yahya Mohammed     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Bola Sagaya     Kwara State Pension Board     SGBN     Bello John Olanrewaju     Hassanat Bello     Law School Scholarship     Afonja Descendants Union     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Olokoba Sulyman     Ahman Pategi     Oko-Olowo     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     SSUCOEN     Borgu     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Ibrahim Oniye     Michael Nzwekwe     Abdullahi Atanda     Jamiu Oyawoye     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Eleyele     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     QuickWin     Sulu Gambari     Dogara     Usman Rifun     Eghe Igbinehin     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Alabere     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Tosho Yaqub     Kwara State Football Association     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     11th Galadima     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Samuel Adedoyin     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Femi Ogunsola     Idris Garba     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     George Funsho Adebayo     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Ajikobi     Aliyu U. Tilde     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Islamic Development Bank     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Durbar     Atiku Abubakar     Ilorin General Hospital    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Chikanda     YAKOOYO     Police Commissioner     Ayinde Oyepitan     Labaeka     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     MATTA Girls Foundation     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Olabimpe Olani     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Suwa-Arabs     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Ekweremadu     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Ojuekun Sarumi     Salihu Ajia     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Segun Olawoyin     Adekunle David Dunmade     Alliance For Democracy     Park     Aisha Buhari     Marafan Shonga     Muritala Awodun     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Yahaya Seriki     Wasiu Odewale     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Kwara Polytechnic     Mohammed Saidu     Rotimi Oyedepo     African Democratic Congress     Mazars Consulting     Idowu Laro     Agor     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Popo-Igbonna     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Tayo Awodiji     Smart School     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Kwara Hotel     Jebba     Bursary     Charcoal     Ethical College     Code Of Conduct     Alfa Yahaya Road     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Belgore     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Adamu Atta     Yomi Ogunsola     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Baba-Isale     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ayo Adeyemi     Yomi Adeboye     11th Galadima     Saadu Alanamu     Elerin Of Adanla     Bankole Omishore     Ali Ahmad     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Amusement Park     Saliu Ajia