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    Nigeria: NCC deploys infrastructure to aid  PLWD in 84 locations

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    JohnMichaels Mbanefo, Soji Adewale, Usman Malah, James Lalu, Hafsat Lawal, Mohammed Baba
    L-R: JohnMichaels Mbanefo, Head, Media and Publicity, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD); Soji Adewale, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, NCPWD; Usman Malah, Director, Human Capital and Administration, NCC; James Lalu, Executive Secretary, NCPWD; Hafsat Lawal, Head, Human Capital, NCC and Mohammed Baba, Director, Accessibility, NCPWD during a courtesy visit by the NCPWD management to NCC in Abuja recently
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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) today said it has deployed Information Technology infrastructure to aid People Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in 84 locations across the country.

    The essence of deploying the infrastructure is to support people with special needs while supporting policies that enable disadvantaged members of society to live a more qualitative life.

    The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to the NCC over the weekend in Abuja, also restated NCC’s commitment to continually support people with special needs across the country.

    “The E-Accessibility project seeks to meet the ICT needs of persons living with disabilities in Nigeria by providing ICT tools, assistive technologies, training, and Internet provision in the identified locations. Between 2012 to 2020, the NCC has deployed the E-Accessibility Projects in, at least, 84 locations nationwide.”

    Danbatta, while receiving the NCPWD team led by its Executive Secretary, James Lalu, said the telecom regulator has always implemented initiatives aimed at ensuring digital inclusivity for all Nigerians regardless of their circumstances.

    Represented by the Director, Human Capital and Administration at NCC, Usman Malah, the EVC said telecoms sector has become the backbone of the national economy and has recorded tremendous growth from 400,000 telephone lines on the eve of sectoral deregulation in 2000 to over 208 million active telephone lines now, just as active Internet subscription rose to 156 million in the last two decades.

    The EVC stated that the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) currently stands at 18.44 percent, going by the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as of the second quarter of 2022. Additionally, Danbatta said that NCC has continued to ensure the quality of service delivery to the consumers and digital inclusion for all.

    Accordingly, Danbatta said the NCC recognises and aligns with the noble objectives behind the establishment of NCPWD as enabled by the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act of 2018.

    The NCC Chief Executive stated that in addition to implementing the five percent inclusiveness of persons with disabilities in NCC’s staffing efforts in accordance with the law, the telecom regulator, through the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF), has executed many projects within the framework of its E-Accessibility Programme in last 10 years that targets the challenged members of the society.

    “In other words, the project provides ICT tools and Assistive Technologies (ATs) to the blind, the deaf, dumb, crippled, cognitively impaired, and other categories of people living with disabilities. As disadvantaged members of society, the project is designed to assist in improving the quality of life of people living with disability,” he said.

    In his remarks, the NCPWD’s Executive Secretary, Lalu, said the purpose of the agency’s visit was to keep the NCC management abreast of its mandates and activities and to seek greater collaborations with NCC for the benefits of estimated 35.5 million persons with disabilities in Nigeria.

    He commended the NCC for the “wonderful work it has been doing through various projects in support of people with disabilities in the country.” Lalu also appealed to the NCC to help in creating awareness among telecoms service providers to comply with the legal requirement to dedicate five percent of their employment quota to persons with disabilities. He said this category of Nigerians are ‘smart, professional and intelligent and can make a significant contribution to the growth of the respective organizations employing them, despite their disabilities.

    “What we want to achieve is to make Nigeria a country that is comfortable for PLWD by ending discrimination and providing an adequate reporting system and we have seen NCC as a strategic and important partner in this journey,” Lalu said.

    The NCPWD was established, pursuant to section 31 of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disability (Prohibition) Act 2018, to promote, protect and prioritise the rights of persons with disabilities, and to further enhance their productivity through education, health, and other socio-economic activities and programmes.

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