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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Former governor of Kano State, and the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has warned northern leaders over the increasing rate of beggars in the region, stressing that neglect of Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs) is responsible for the menace.
While lamenting the neglect of the astronomical rise in the rate of disabled persons in northern Nigeria, leading to a multitude of beggars, Ganduje appealed to the governors, development partners and philanthropists to invest more on the physically challenged persons to reduce begging in the northern part of the country.
The former ruling party boss suggested that with more investment in technological gadgets, and education, it will now be easier for those with special needs in the society to make an impact and become more useful to themselves and society instead of begging.
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Ganduje spoke on Friday in Abuja at the premiere of a documentary on the 10th anniversary of Let’s Talk Humanity (LTH), an organisation caring for the educational needs of the deaf and blind, the brainchild of his daughter Fatima Ganduje Abiola-Ajimobi.
He said: “I want to specially thank Fatima, my daughter. Since you were born, I saw the capacity and capability in you. I am so happy that they have been unveiled by what you are doing today.
“In the northern part of the country, persons with disabilities are people relegated to the background. Seeing is believing, no doubt. That is why we have an array of beggars across the northern parts of this country day and night. Some sleep under bridges and a few by the roadside. This is a sorry sight,” Ganduje lamented.
