13-Year Old Visually Impaired Author Calls For Quality Education

[Shola Sholaz]

Miss Adeife Adeniran, a visually impaired Nigerian student in South Africa and author, has urged the Federal Government to provide quality education for people living with disabilities. Adeniran, in Abuja on Friday, said that adequate training and quality education were crucial to the lives of people living with disabilities.
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She said that with quality education, the disabled would actualise their potential and contribute meaningfully to the society's development.
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"It is our right to get quality education. We don't need pity from the people; we need the opportunities and necessary assistance.
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"My parents gave me the needed attention, education, love, care and these got me to where I am today.
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"In South Africa, we have the Ministry for Women, Children and People Living with Disabilities, the country had attention for these classes of people to enable them meet their needs.
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"In Nigeria, because the Ministry of Women Affairs is not named like that of South Africa, that is why much attention is not being given to the disabled", she said.
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Adeniran, therefore, called on the Nigerian government to rename the women affairs ministry like that of South Africa to enable it to serve the people concerned effectively.
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Adeniran, 13, who said she became blind when she was five years old, added that she had no regrets over her fate adding that her effort had brought glory to Nigeria.

[Folami David]

Quality education is what we really need in our country for things to go fine.
Illiteracy must be kicked out!