Osun To Commence Data Capturing, Profiling Of PWDs
THE Osun State Government has announced that it is set to commence the data capturing and profiling of Persons With Disabilities in the state.
The Executive Secretary, Osun State Bureau of Persons With Disabilities, Mr Ayobami Oyetunde, stated this on Tuesday during the launching of Standard Operating Procedure, a multi-sectoralsurvivor-centered guideline for responding to Gender-Based Violence and related matters in Osun State by a non-governmental organisation, Centre for Women’s Health and Information.
Oyetunde said the state government will provide Identification Cards to Persons With Disabilities for them to be recognised anywhere.
Oyetunde said the book by CEWHIN is a procedural step towards tackling issues that may arise as a result of discrimination against women and children with disabilities.
He added that Governor Ademola Adeleke is tirelessly working to provide meaningful lives for People With Disabilities in Osun.
He said, “We are trying to put all necessary logistics together so that we can start the profiling. We are trying to put it in our 2026 budget, although the government has promised to give us something so that we can start, but it will be more effective by next year, and it’s going to be continuous.
“The book launch is being called ‘Standard Operating Procedures’. It is the combination of all MDAs, Ministries, and Parastatals that are working towards a meaningful life for Persons With Disabilities, especially women and girls.
“It is a procedural step towards tackling issues that may arise as a result of discrimination against women and children with disability. Able women are also part of it.
“We have to appreciate CEWHIN for launching this book for the usefulness of everybody, especially in Osun State, on how to handle any issue that may arise as a result of violence against women and girls.
“With the collaboration of Osun State Bureau of Persons WithDisability, with the Ministry of Justice, where we have a legal luminary who is in charge of anything that comes as a result of discrimination against women with disability, it is going to help a lot. It will help people to know that Governor Ademola Adeleke is tirelessly working to provide meaningful lives for Persons WithDisability in Osun.
“My organisation was created as a result of the passage of a bill into law by the Osun State House of Assembly and the agency was created as a result of approval by the state governor because he knows that it is very important to make life meaningful and he has been trying his best to see that Persons With Disability are living a very comfortable life.”
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