Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji says his administration will give people with special needs and students of special schools the desired attention.
This will culminate in appointing a special adviser (to the governor) for people with special needs.
This, according to the governor, will give physically-challenged people a voice in his administration and help redress their usual agitation of neglect.
He said the appointee must be someone with the requisite knowledge in special education and a genuine passion for the welfare and well-being of the physically challenged.
Mr Oyebanji spoke during a surprise visit to the State Special School for the Blind in Ikere Ekiti, where he said that people living with disability are special to his administration.
“We are going to appoint a special adviser for people with special needs so that you can have someone in the cabinet that will be speaking for you,” the governor said.
Mr Oyebanji, who was conducted around the school for an on-the-spot assessment of facilities by the principal, Felicia Amogbonjaye, assured the students and teachers that the school would witness a facelift that would make the environment more friendly, accommodating and conducive for learning.
The governor, accompanied to the school by the Secretary to Ekiti State Government, Habibat Adubiaro, Head of Service, Bamidele Agbede, Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, and other top government officials, appealed to the well-to-do in the society to come to the aid of people living with disabilities.
He said individuals could adopt some special students or volunteer to fix facilities in their homes and schools to complement the government’s efforts.
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