President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday
inaugurated the Comprehensive Special School, Lafia established by the Nasarawa
State Government to cater for the educational needs of physically challenged
children.
Buhari, while inaugurating the project, said that the institution
was a demonstration of the collective ambition to uplift the standard of living
of all Nigerians through social investment policies.
“The school will cater for the blind, deaf and people living with
other forms of physical challenges; it represents a clear example of our
inclusive policy where no child will be left behind.
“The institution is a well thought out
initiative to give hope to a key segment of the society that has been ignored
and neglected by previous governments.
“We all owe it a duty to help the physically challenged by
contributing to their development and self reliance,” the President added.
He stressed that the change philosophy of the present
administration would continue to idealise and identify issues critical to the
country’s socio-economic development with the view to preferring lasting
solutions to them.
The president assured Nigerians that government would intensify
commitment towards realizing its cardinal objectives anchored on security,
fighting corruption and enhancing economic growth through diversification.
Earlier, Governor Umaru Al-Makura had said that the school was
targeted at ensuring inclusiveness in governance by giving opportunities to the
vulnerable members of the society.
He said that the school would concentrate on providing individual
care to children with learning difficulties and those that are deaf, visually
impaired and crippled.
“To ensure maximum benefit and inclusiveness, we have made their
education free from primary to tertiary level so as to remove the burden of
educational expenses on parents.
“We particularly want to ensure that children with disability are
given equal opportunities and empowered to broaden their vision, develop their
talents and creativity, and compete favourably with others in all spheres of
human endeavours,” he said.
He explained that the school would be affiliated with other
centres of excellence for people living with disabilities like Gallaudet
University and Perkins University both in the U.S.
Almakura said that the state government had also developed a
comprehensive curriculum and modules for the education of children with special
needs, noting that such feat was the first of its kind in Nigeria.
“Nasarawa State Government will be glad to avail copies to the
Federal Ministry of Education for possible adoption and implementation
nationwide,” he said.
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