The Kwara House of Assembly has assured of the amendment of the state’s Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Law 2016 to correct irregularities identified therein.

The House’s deputy clerk, Nasiru Kareem, said this when receiving officials of a non-governmental organisation, Connected Development (CODE), who paid him an advocacy visit in Ilorin on Monday.

Mr Kareem said the amendment was imperative to ensure full implementation of the Persons With Disabilities Act as Kwara was among the first states to enact the law, even before the federal government did.

The Kwara Assembly had, in 2016, passed into law the bill as moved by Aisha Ibrahim and seconded by Abdulrafiu Abdulrahman.

The bill, however, was returned to the House for an amendment of a provision in its Part 2, which bothers on Administrative Organisation, that negates the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018.

The Kwara law states: ”There shall be an executive secretary for the office, who must be a person with appropriate experience and knowledge on matters relating to the care and maintenance of people with disabilities.”

The PWD Act, on the other hand, states that the executive secretary shall be a person with disability and with appropriate experience.

The deputy clerk said he would ensure the law was amended by the legislature to comply with the act and international standards.

Earlier, CODE supporting officer in Kwara, Kehinde Akinsola, said the visit was to inform the House of Assembly of its programme.

(NAN)