Nasarawa Assembly passes disability bill

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Nasarawa state House of Assembly has passed into law “a bill for a law for the establishment of the state Disability Right Commission law 2008 in order to protect the rights of disable persons in the state.
Speaker of the House, Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, announced this yesterday at plenary after the majority leader, Tanko Tunga (APC, Awe North), moved a motion for the passage of the bill which was seconded by Mohammed Okpede (PDP, Doma North).
He said the Commission if established would give the physically challenged persons their full rights as the normal persons and would also give them a sense of belonging in the interest of development.
The speaker underscored the importance of commission to the wellbeing of the disabled persons in the state, hence the need to pass the executive bill sent by Governor Umaru Al-Makura.
“This bill is an executive bill sent to the house by Governor Umaru Al-Makura as part of his government continued commitment to improve on the lives of the disabled persons in the state.
“Today, we have passed the bill after the bill had gone through various legislative procedures and public hearing was conducted where stakeholders overwhelmingly supported the move by the governor to establish the commission,” he said.
He, therefore, directed the Clerk to make clean copies of the bill to the governor for further action.

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