Mahatma Gandhi once said, “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members”, and the enactment of the bill into law can be seen as a step in the right direction by the government. It is up to us citizens, as our vigilance of how this law is implemented would keep the matter it speaks to a going concern, because building a strong inclusive nation is a job for all citizens.
Fortuitously, the Disability Bill was finally passed into law on the same day a desperate appeal was made to supernatural forces for intervention. This law means that it is illegal for all people and institutions to discriminate against people living with disabilities. It means that current and future buildings now have to be Disability friendly. It means that discrimination is prohibited in public transportation, and service providers must make provision for all types of disability.
That there is an abundance of laws in Nigeria that should have corrected a lot of the problems the country still fights today is proof that just having laws is not an automatic guarantee of their enforcement, and this is the caution that should guide this new Commission as it sets out to facilitate the implementation of its enabling laws.
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