The Abia Home of Meeting on Wednesday handed the ‘Discrimination towards Individuals with Disabilities Invoice’ into legislation.

The speaker of the parliament, Chinedum Orji, whereas asserting the invoice’s passage through the plenary, mentioned the legislation can be cited as ‘The Abia State Fee for Disabled Individuals Legislation’.

Mr Orji mentioned the state’s legislators had been dedicated to selling people-oriented payments.

He introduced that the invoice, upon being assented to by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, must be deemed to have come into drive on August 31.

The sponsor of the invoice, deputy majority chief Paul Taribo, described it as a landmark invoice that will go a good distance in putting the future of individuals with disabilities of their arms.

Mr Taribo, representing Ukwa East, added, “I’m assured that it’s going to quickly be assented to by the governor and applied as a way to give individuals with disabilities a way of belonging.”

The Centre for Residents with Disabilities (CCD) govt director David Anyaele described the passage of the invoice as a robust demonstration by the lawmakers that every one lives are valuable, particularly the lives of residents with disabilities.

“Individuals with disabilities in Abia State are essentially the most excluded in governance on the subnational degree in Nigeria as a result of absence of a authorized framework for the safety of the rights and dignity,” Mr Anyaele defined. “With the passage of this invoice, the top of exclusion of Abia residents with disabilities in governance by state and non-state actors is coming to an finish.”

He urged Mr Ikpeazu to not hesitate to assent to the invoice “as his spouse has dedicated a lot to get this invoice handed.”

The invoice had suffered setbacks because the Fifth Meeting earlier handed it however was not assented to by Mr Ikpeazu. It was once more introduced again to the ground of the parliament through the Sixth Meeting, nevertheless it did not scale by way of.

(NAN)