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.

Rebecca Bake     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Centre For Digital Economy     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Yahaya Seriki     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     N-Power     Atunwa     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Abdulazeez Arowona     COVID     Olosi Of Osi     Gurei     Esinrogunjo     Inside Kwara     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ishaq Oloyede     Unilorin FM     Aliyu Sabi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     NYSC     Yeketi     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Roheemat Hammed     Alagbado     Binta Sulyman     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     CT Ayeni     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Quran     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Alaiye     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ogidi-Oloje     Umar Ayinla Saro     Senate     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Plat Technologies Limited     Saraki     College Of Education     Kwara 2019     Musbau A. Akanji     Share/Tsaragi     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Kunle Akogun     Ibrahim Mashood     Abdulraheem Olesin     Taofik Abdulkareem     Balikis Jawondo     Sabitiyu Grillo     Tayo Awodiji     Temitope Ogunbanke     Agboola Abdulraheem     Kwara State Television     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Kabir Shagaya     Sabo-Oke     Funmilayo Oniwa     Hakeem Idris     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Mustapha Akanbi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     AbdulRahman Saad     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Ibrahim Abiodun     Patience Jonathan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Laolu Saraki     Omar Gambari     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Ayinde Oyepitan     Mustapha Akanbi     MAI Akande     Iyeru Grammar School     Michael Nzekwe     Abubakar Usman Jos     Isaac Gbenle     Sa\'adu Gambari     Jumoke Gafar     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Jawondo     Mutawali     TVC Female National Debate     Maigida     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Muritala Olarewaju     Toyin Abdullahi     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Amasa     Shehu Jimoh     Bisi Oyeleke     Yusuf Abubakar     Danladi     Aliyu Umar     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Yoruba     Ita-Ore     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Noah Yusuf     Gamji Members Association     Ilorin General Hospital     Abubakar Atiku     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Abraham Ojo     Press Release     IHS Towers     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     SUBEB     Ile Arugbo     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Lanre Jimoh     Computer Based Test     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Ganiyu Taofiq     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Amuda Aluko     Marafan Shonga     Ahmad Ali     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Adama Isa     Gbemisola Saraki     Hassan Oyeleke     Local Government Pension Board     Femi Ogunsola     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Aisha Gobir     Saba Mamman Daniel     Eleja     Balogin Alanamu     Mustapha Olanipekun     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Maja     Patience Jonathan     Saeedat Aliyu     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Nigeria Computer Society     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     AGM Professional Services     Buari Edun     Hassanat Bello