Nigeria: Govt Orders Construction of Ramps, Lifts for Physically Challenged

19 February 2019

The federal government has issued a five-year notice for public buildings to construct ramps and lifts to protect the physically - challenged persons in the country.

The minister of power, works & housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, disclosed this in Abuja during the unveiling of National Infrastructure Maintenance Framework (NIMF). Fashola noted that President Muhammadu Buhari, raised the bar for construction, services and a new way of life for Nigerians when he signed the law to protect people living with disability from discrimination and exclusion.

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