270 physically challenged graduates to get employment in Anambra

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has disclosed that no fewer than 270 physically challenged would be engaged in the state workforce.

Obiano dropped the hint at the Governor’s lodge, Amawbia during the distribution of over 100 wheel chairs to the People Living with Disabilities.

He reiterated that physically challenged undergraduates would continue to enjoy free education in all the special schools across the state.

He said, “We will continue to provide excellent environment for every teeming youth, especially people with disabilities to strive.

“Every citizen of Anambra has equal right. It is against divine law to discriminate humans. It is not their fault that they were born with disabilities.

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“So, we must provide them with necessary facilities to live on. They need our love and it is our duty to help them at any given time. Doing it is for God not human.”

The Governor recalled the promotion of some disabled people in his government to enviable positions, who, according to him, were neglected by previous administrations.

He commended his wife, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano for touching lives through her pet project, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), unveiled 30 years ago.

Appreciating supporters of the project, especially Dr Arthur Eze, for donating generously for the construction of buildings to indigent and widows, Obiano appealed to other spirited individuals to emulate the gesture.