The bill, when signed into law, will ensure total elimination of all forms of discrimination and abuses persons with disabilities might had suffered in the past, says a lawmaker.
The Enugu House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a Bill to integrate persons with disabilities into the society and to establish the Enugu State Persons with Disabilities Agency.
Mrs Ugwu said the disability agency, when established, would be responsible for the education, healthcare, social, economic and civil rights of Persons with Disabilities . The lawmaker explained that the legislation would enable the PWDs to live their normal lives, and attributed the absence of such bill to why they had not been included in the “scheme of things”.
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