Arrangements have reached an advanced stage to establish a Kaduna State Disability Trust Fund, the Director of the State Rehabilitation Board, Mrs. Felicia Kyomson has said.
She
made the disclosure at the just concluded 2nd Kaduna State Women
Economic Empowerment Summit. The disability trust fund she said will be
set up within the third quarter of this year.
According
to her, the fund when established will be used to provide a means of
providing both financial and material/empowerment support to persons
with disability in Kaduna State.
She
further mentioned that Kaduna State government has increased capital
budgetary provision to the tune of N1.259billion in 2017 to enable the
repositioning of the board to deliver effective and efficient services
to persons with disability.
Breaking
down the figure, she noted that there is provision for the sum of
N50million for the re-designing of of Kaduna and Japan rehabilitation
centres; N150million for re-equipping The State rehabilitation board;
N300million foe the rehabilitation of destitute centres and school for
persons with disability; N800m to build three additional integrated
communities for persons with disabilities across the state; N9million
to conduct baseline survey to ascertain the populatiob and distribution
of persons with disability in the state and N5.475million to float a
special empowerment scheme for persons with disabilities that are into
different entrepreneurial activities, educational, medical and mobility
support.
Earlier,
the Commissioner for the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development, Hajiya Hafsat M. Baba said the Summit is planned to explore
knowledge, information, technology and social linkages to enable
women participate as full and informed players in the business
environment.
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