Gbenro Adesina
Oyo State Government has renewed its commitment to the provision of good living standard for citizens living with disability in the state.
The State’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun stated this on Wednesday November 12, 2020, at the 11th Edition of Music, Dance and Play Festival for People With Disability, held at the National Museum of Unity, Alesinloye, Ibadan.
Olatubosun, who was represented at the event by the Director of Culture, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Adejoke Agboola said all the policies, programmes and actions of the present administration were in sync with the needs of the people with disability.
He maintained that the government saw the need for citizens with special needs to get education and skills, so as to stamp out the culture of using them to beg for alms by the road sides.
The Commissioner added that Oyo State’s free education and free health programmes were thought out of the need to cater for this special set of people, who he said have been rehabilitated and taken to government schools for them to get education.
According to him, many rehabilitation centres and homes for the children with special needs have received subvention from the state government to further provide the necessary needs for the children in their care.
The guest of honor at the event, Mallam Mudathir Atanda Bada, who is the Chief Imam of Oluyole Central Mosque,Ibadan, said the government at all levels should do more to better the lives of children with disability.
He urged the children to be positive in thinking and ensure that their situation did not deter them from achieving their dream.
The highlights of the programme include musical mimes, drama performance, skills showcasing among others.
