From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
The Media in Benue State have been challenged to advance for the enactment of a law to domesticate the right of Persons With Disabilities, PWDs.
This is just as they have also been called upon to impress on the state government as well as the legislators to expedite action on PWDs draft bill and ensure that it is passed.
It should be noted that Benue State remains the only State in the North Central that has not signed the PWDs act into law since it was accented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
The call was made on Wednesday at a one day Media Advocacy Workshop on the ‘Domestication of the Disability Act in Benue State’ organized by Inclusive Friends Association, IFA, with support by National Endowment for Democracy, NED in Makurdi.
In her presentation, IFA’s Executive Director, ED Grace Jerry, talked on “Understanding Disabilities” with a focus on the importance of disability-inclusive reporting.
The ED emphasized on the Human Rights-based models for persons with disabilities and the use of the right terminologies when crafting stories on persons with disabilities.
