Kaduna State Disability Affairs Board Commends APPEALS Project … says, inclusion will take them off the street

The Deputy Director of Board, Mr. Hassan Suleiman stated this  during an interactive session between the beneficiaries and the service providers in Kaduna.

The Deputy Director explained that developing mental and physical capacity of people with special needs would take them off the streets and to be among the employees of labour.

He also assured that the beneficiaries would fully utilized what they have learned during the training to improve their income, to get acceptance in the societies and also be equal with anyone in their communities.

Mr. Hassan Suleiman commended APPEALS for an excellent project aim at improving the welfare particularly for people with special needs to become independent in Kaduna state.

Also in their remarks, some of the beneficiaries, Mallam Haruna Abubakar and Rukayya Aliyu were optimistic that the objective of the project particularly on people with special needs would be achieved.

In an interview with Kaduna State Coordinator of APPEALS, Dr. Yahaya Aminu explained that under women and youth APPEALS project, one thousand, seven hundred people are expected to benefit, while one hundred allocations have been reserved for people with special needs and each of them received support of more than one million Naira.

According to him, the beneficiaries are expected to participate in poultry, rice and maize processing and aquaculture and they were all trained in those aspects in Zaria.

He explained that APPEALS  had supported them with business skills and plan, registration with Corporate Affairs Commission and also support them with the service providers.

Dr. Yahaya Aminu said APPEALS wants to see people with special needs running a business, generating income and be employer of labour to also contribute to socio economic development of the state and the nation in general.