Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has assented to the Kano Persons With Disabilities Bill 2022 recently passed by the House of Assembly.
The bill was signed into law, at the weekly State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House, Kano.
Speaking shortly after assenting to the bill law, Ganduje explained that it would pave way for the inclusion and development of people living with disabilities in the state.
He pointed out that the law provided for the establishment of a ministry to oversee the affairs of PWDs, saying that all the six clusters of disabilities would be represented in the running of the ministry.
The governor maintained that when established, the ministry would be given all the necessary assistance to make it functional in accordance with global standards.
He said that some of the people living with disabilities were part of those selected for entrepreneurial training at the Dangote Skills Acquisition Centre, Kano, to make them self-reliant and reduce unemployment.
