A member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee, Aare, Hon. Tolu Bankole, has called on the Federal Government to implement a national policy that guarantees free education and healthcare for Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, across the country.
Bankole made the appeal in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, stressing that the prevailing economic hardship, coupled with the rising cost of medicines and assistive devices, had worsened the plight of over 30 million Nigerians living with disabilities.
“I canvass for free education from primary to tertiary and free health services for PWDs as a national government policy. This is a matter of necessity and social justice,” Bankole said.