As part of a social Inclusion strategy aimed at spreading good governance to all category of people, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has today flagged-off the distribution of an empowerment package of N20,000 each to 2000 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) at an event that was held at Coronation hall, Government House.
Delivering his address at the event, Yusuf said the empowerment programme was informed by the government’s desire to assist and support all citizens in the state irrespective of their physical disability, economic background, or social differences.
He added that it is with the
the ardent belief of his administration that people living with disability take centre stage of his government and need to be accorded proper care, rehabilitation, a sense of belonging, and provision of other social amenities for their benefit and that of their families.
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The Governor urged the beneficiaries to remain consistent in making positive plans and aspirations to make their lives better and more prosperous as the government from its side has a lot of programmes and policies to protect their lives to better living.
The state Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo, said it was the responsibility of leaders at all levels to cater to the needs of their followers, adding that what the Governor did was timely given the current harsh economic situation in the country.
Gwarzo called on the leaders of Associations of PWDs to unite themselves and remain committed to serving their members as the government is always ready to stand by them to forge ahead.
The beneficiaries were drawn from eight clusters that included the blinds, crippled, deaf and dumbs, albinos, lepers, and spinal cord injury patients across the 44 local governments of Kano State.
The Governor also assured the people living with disabilities that his government is set to establish the PWD Commission in Kano to domesticate the Disabilities Act initiated by the Federal Government.
Earlier in his address, the chairman of PWD in Kano, Musa Muhammad Shaga, appreciated the Governor’s good gesture for fulfilling his campaign promise of social inclusion through support to people living with disabilities.
