Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWD, have made a clarion call to the federal and Lagos government to save them from the current hardship.
The Coordinator and Convener of the group Kehinde Oshilaja made the call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu in a statement in Lagos at the weekend, saying they need to be supported too, like other Nigerians who are facing hardship due to the prevailing economic situation in the country.
From the palliatives that government are sharing to citizens, the PLWD said they should also be considered, saying this would go a long way to ameliorate their sufferings.
The governments at the federal and subnational level have been sharing palliatives to groups and other Nigerians as a way of softening the current economic hardship on them, even though not a few Nigerians insist that the palliatives don’t really get to those who need them, as they are hijacked by government officials.
Speaking Oshilaja said some well-meaning Nigerians who would normally assist them could no longer do so due to the hardship in the country.
The government should come to their aide, the PLWD stressing that disabled people are ‘suffering’ and “could no longer eat, even once daily,” due to the current economic downturn.
Oshilaja said: “There is hunger in the land. People living with disability are hungry. We are disappointed, as inflation is biting hard. We are using this medium to appeal to President Tinubu, Governor Sanwo-Olu and Lagos State House of Assembly members to fast track and implement budget proposal for people living with disability. Despite the hunger in the land, no one is willing to help us.”
