PRES. TINUBU ENDS 5-YEAR WAIT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY; SIGNS AU CHARTER
By Yomi Oyelami, Trek Africa Newspaper
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Instrument of Ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria. He made this landmark effort yesterday in his office. Trek Africa Newspaper can report that this instrument was adopted five years ago at the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the January 29, 2018.
Signing the AU charter, the President affirmed: ‘I, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, do hereby formally declare that the Federal Republic of Nigeria accepts the aforementioned Protocol and undertakes to faithfully perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained’
‘In witness whereof, I, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, have set my hand and Seal of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on this Instrument of Ratification at Abuja on this 19th day of October in the year Two Thousand and Twenty-Three’, Pres. Tinubu said.
This ratification is expected to ensure disability inclusion in Nigeria.
