Alhaji Suleiman Wakili, member, Kaduna State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, advocated for free education for blind persons in the State. Wakili stated this at the 14th edition of distribution of blind-related education materials by the Nigerian Association for the Blind, Zaria Local Government chapter held at Zaria Local Government Education Department. In his speech, the Chairman, Nigerian Association for the Blind, Kaduna State chapter, Malam Salisu Abubakar recalled that Governor El-Rufai had promised not to retrench those with disability. Jibril lamented that in the entire Northern states there is no university without at least 10 blind persons studying degree courses except in Kaduna State. “This is because the blind persons cannot afford to pay the tuition fees and we are saddened by the fact that we pay WACE and NECO ourselves without any assistance from the government.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 08, 2020 12:11 UTC