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.

Aliyu Adebayo     Kwara Poly     United Nigeria Airline     Eleja     MATTA Girls Foundation     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ethical College     Sobi     Tosho Yaqub     Kwasu     Olupako Of Share     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Roseline Oni Aremu     Mustapha Akanbi     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Gobir Organization Foundation     Okala Baba     Student Learning Support Helpline     Olaitan Adefila     Adegoke Bamidele     Edret Sabi Abel     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Ajeigbe     Lanre Olosunde     Ajakaye     Kwara TV     Kola Adesina     AGF Abdulrazaq     Sabi     Charles Ibitoye     Bola Olukoju     Age AbdulKareem     Madawaki     Mahee Abdulkadir     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Popo-Igbonna     New Model Police Station     Kwara State Government     Owode Market     Sai Kayi     Bankole Omisore     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Solomon Edoja     Omupo     Umar Ayinla Saro     Ayobami Seriki     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Abdulraheem Olesin     Kolawole Akande     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Ajikobi     Public Holiday     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Oke-opin     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Micheal Imoudu     Cassava Growers\' Association     Sulyman Tejidini     Amuda Aluko     Baba-Isale     Eghe Igbinehi     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Unilorin     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kwara 2023     Folorunsho Erubu     Ibrahim Gambari     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Kwara State Governor     Yusuf A. Usman     Fulani     Bankole Omishore     FERMA     Monthly Sanitation Exercise    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Modibbo Kawu     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Yusuf Mubarak     Abubakar Imam     SSUCOEN     Bola Tinubu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Funmilayo Oniwa     Olosi Of Osi     Ganiyu Abolarin     Olaoye B. Felix     Temitope Ogunbanke     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Azeez Bello     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Medview Airlines     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Neo Mundo Ltd     Yusuf Ali     Femi Ogunsola     Igbomina     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Public Holiday     Salake     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ejidongari     Tafidan Kaiama     Alaaya     Tunde Yusuf     Bureau Of Lands     Lithium     Segun Olawoyin     Arandun     Dorcas Afeniforo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Taofeek Ibraheem     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Labaeka     Goodluck Jonathan     Adegoke Bamidele     Cassava Growers\' Association     V.O. Abioye     Ademola Kiyesola     TIC     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Saidu Kawu     Talaka Parapo     Kwara Basketball Association     Kabir Shagaya     Gbenga Adebayo     Niyi Ogundiran     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ghali Alaaya     Lukman Adeloyin     Zara Umar     Kaosarah Adeyi     Iqra Books     KWASIEC     Oke-Kura     Mukhtar Shagaya     Aminu Ado Bayero     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     ENetSuD     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Oko     Shururat Olatinwo     Ali Ahmad     Funmi Salau     Buari Edun     Damilola Yusuf     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Shero     Salary     Okin Biscuit     Oke-Odo     Adebara     Abraysports FC