The FCT Administration with support from the World Bank says it is building an inclusive and accessible capital territory with equal opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).

FCT Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud who stated this at the end of a three-day workshop on right-based approaches to disability-inclusive development, governance and public policy noted that the Administration was strongly working towards an inclusive governance that leaves no one behind.

Represented by her Special Assistant on Social Investment, Maijidda Kuku, Mahmoud stated that FCT Administration would achieve this through the full implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disability (Prohibition) Act, 2018.

Speaking at the three-day Workshop, Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi said that the workshop was part of efforts toward the domestication and implementation of UN Conventions on disability inclusion and the disability Act 2018.

She said that the women secretariat would work closely with the existing structure of the FCT Social Development Secretariat which represents a superstructure towards addressing concerns of persons with disability from the FCT Administration down to the area councils and rural communities.