December 19, (THEWILL) – The President of the Care People Foundation, Revd Paul Tunde Tioluwani, popularly known as Lesekese, has admonished governments at all level to provide more support for physically challenged people, saying the government has not done enough in this regard.
He also called on political parties to allot certain percentage of their elective slots to the people with disabilities in the coming elections.
Delivering his keynote speech at this year’s edition of the annual carnival for the physically challenged, orphans and the less privileged organised by the Care People Foundation at its Orphanage Home on Ibadan – Lagos Expressway, Ibadan last Sunday, Tioluwani said government must come to the aid of the less privileges in the society especially in this time of harsh economy.
He said the carnival which featured music performances by various invited orphanage homes and schools for the people with disabilities was organised by the Foundation to let the less privileges also feel the aura of celebration which is associated with Christmas period.
“As we begin preparations for the 2023 general elections, I will urge political parties to set aside certain percentage of their elective positions for the physically challenged people.
“ I think the National Assembly should also legislate a bill that will compel the governments at all levels to offer automatic emplyoyment to people with disabilities who are graduates in various professions. They deserve all the support we can give them. Physical disabilities should not turn them to beggars, there is ability in disability”, Tioluwani said.
Speaking further he said ” If I am doing this in my own little way, the government should do more. The country is hard and governnent must ensure that people with disabilities are supported and encouraged .
” The Government is not doing enough to help the People with disability. The government should do more for them. Governnent can do better”.
Speaking on the effort of the foundation to help the less privileges, Tioluwani said ” At our foundation, impacting lives is a golden assignment that must be done. Since our take off in the year 1990, we have left no stone unturned in this regards. By Grace , we have established a multimillion naira orphanage where thousands have benefitted . We commissioned the first indigenous pitch for disabled football in Nigeria in the year 2004.
” We have given scholarship to thousands of poor students in the tertiary institutions and assisted thousands in our Computer Training School co – sponsored by Torino Police, Canada. We have given out hundreds of brand new wheel chairs to physically challenged persons and assisted many widows who are currently on monthly salaries”.
AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
