It's good the plight of former Governor of Nasarawa State, Mallam Tanko Al-Makura, over his aspiration for his party's chairmanship position as a hearing impaired person is bringing this topic to the fore.
If a two term ex-governor, and currently a serving senator could be facing alleged discrimination in his party because of his disability, we can imagine what the common man with a disability faces in eking out a living for himself. I know this from personal experience as a sufferer of Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss due to Sickle Cell Disorder. Getting anything achieved has been tortuous as a result, but not impossible. I wouldn't bore you now with details. My book will do the needful in due course. I can only but Thank God for the strong-will to keep going.
From what i have read, Al-Makura did so much for the disability community as a serving governor and still doing so now as a senator. What he needs do more now is to complement President Buhari's effort, who signed the Disability Bill into Law in 2019, by being the face in driving its awareness campaign, ensure the act is broadly implemented across the country to discourage discriminations and defaulters made to face the music.
If this had been the case, would any person within the APC hierarchy want to mute the idea of disqualifying him over his hearing impairment/ disability?
This is one of the challenges our NGO, Disability & Sickle Cell Organization of Nigeria (DISCON) seeks to address but for paucity of funds.
More interventions for health causes are needed from exalted persons and places.
- Tayo Faloye
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