The Kebbi government on Wednesday disbursed N100,000 each to 650 persons with disabilities to help them start a business of their choice. The government also distributed 100 motorcycles to persons with disabilities.

First lady Oluremi Tinubu sent a package to 250 persons, while the Governor’s wife, Zainab-Nasare Nasir-Idris, donated 1,000 bags of rice.

The beneficiaries were drawn from across the 21 LGAs. Speaking during the distribution ceremony in Birnin Kebbi, Governor Nasir Idris said the gesture aimed to improve the livelihood and encourage economic independence of people living with disabilities.

The governor thanked the first lady for extending a hand of fellowship to people living with disabilities across the country.

Mr Idris reiterated his administration’s determination to ensure that the welfare of those living with disabilities was not an afterthought but a priority for the government.

He therefore urged people with disabilities to embrace the skills-acquisition opportunities offered by governments to improve their lives.

Mrs Nasir-Idris revealed that the 2025 PWDs celebration day had recorded a unique progress with support from Mrs Tinubu.

The governor’s wife applauded Mrs Tinubu’s new initiative, describing it as a deliberate attempt to empower persons with disabilities to become self-sufficient.

She observed that the essence of the gesture was to reduce the number of persons with disabilities roaming the streets as beggars, while advising them to ensure that their children do not follow the path of begging for a livelihood.

The senior special adviser to the president on disability matters, Abba Muhammad-Isa, appreciated the first lady, the Kebbi governor and his wife for extending a gesture to those living with disabilities.

He urged the people with disabilities to pray for the first lady, the governor and his wife for making their plights a priority, insisting that people with disabilities had no party other than the APC in view of its concern for the downtrodden.

(NAN)