Persons With Disabilities Get Empowerment Aid In Akwa Ibom

Over 80 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) successful Akwa Ibom State person received assistance from a Non-Governmental Organisation, DuDu Foundation and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The beneficiaries with assorted forms of carnal challenge, mostly from the Akwa Ibom Northeast and Northwest Senatorial Districts, were fixed starter packs, cash, acquisition enactment grants and different forms of assistance astatine the lawsuit held astatine the Ati Annang Foundation (AAF) Hall, Ikot Ekpene section authorities country of the state.

Items fixed included wheelchairs, crutches, Point-of-Sale (POS) machines, Android phones, chemicals, currency and instrumentality for soap and detergent production.

In addition, selected pupils and students successful superior and secondary schools were fixed back-to-school kits and fiscal support.

Speaking astatine the ceremony, the proprietor of DuDu Foundation, Ms. Edu Offong, described the inaugural arsenic a milestone successful the quest for equity, inclusion and societal justness successful the Niger Delta.

“This programme is not astir charity, it is astir restoring dignity, creating opportunities and affirming the rightful spot of persons with disabilities successful our society.

“True improvement is not lone measured by roads and industries but besides by however overmuch we uplift the astir susceptible among us,” she said.

Ms. Offong commended the NDDC for partnering connected the initiative, stressing that collaboration betwixt civilian nine and authorities institutions remained captious successful achieving inclusive development.

She besides acknowledged the enactment of  the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, describing his enactment arsenic an inspiration.

Addressing the beneficiaries, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the politician connected PLWDs, Mrs. Nnene Bassey, applauded the inaugural and urged different NGOs and well-placed individuals to emulate its committedness to societal inclusion.

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Mr. Moffat Ekoriko, noted that empowerment was not lone astir giving, but besides astir enabling PLWDs to lend meaningfully to society, and encouraged privileged individuals to widen enactment to susceptible people,  stressing that specified acts of kindness marque the satellite much balanced and humane.