The Nigeria Police says it is working towards filling the five per cent employment slot reserved for persons with disabilities (PWDs) per the provisions of the National Disability Law.
Inspector general of police Usman Alkali-Baba said this on Thursday in Abuja at a three-day forum organised by the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD).
Alkali-Baba said the present administration is disability-friendly and working to enhance police relations with the community in Nigeria.
“I am very sure that the present administration has done and is doing almost everything to make sure that there is a cordial relationship between the police and the disability community,” the IGP stated.
He added, “There is a standing instruction in every command that the police act swiftly to the contacts from the disability community, especially with regards to complaints. And as regards to the employment of disabled people, it is relative, and I am very sure that there are disabled people in the Nigeria Police, though they may not be in operation.”
“However, there are many people with disabilities, and the force is working to fully implement and execute the five per cent empowerment reservation for PWDs,” Mr Alkali-Baba explained.
In the same vein, Nkechi Nwakwocha, the human resources director at the Ministry of Aviation, said the aviation ministry was also striving to ensure easy access to airports for PWDs.
“All these things are done to ensure that PWDs don’t have problems accessing or making movements around and within the airports,” she said.
