01-24-2019 10:53 AM - edited 01-25-2019 01:53 AM
Nigeria's President today signed the disability bill thereby enacting a law to make the country inclusive.
With this law, there's a prohibition against disability discrimination of any form. Fines and penalties are clearly stipulated.
For us, the most importantly thing is the provision of accessibility in all buildings and facilities. Failure to do this attracts fines from N100,000 daily. Old buildings have a moratorium of five years to comply completely.
So, our job at #OneAccessibility has taken a more serious outlook with the aim of achieving accessibility by 2024.
Congratulations. We look forward to an Accessible Nigeria by 2024!
@TraciC @Jesi @KashifMisidia @ChinonsoOnukwugha @PennyChristie @Kwiksatik @MarineSergent
Here is the full Document
01-24-2019 10:59 AM
This is awesome and a progressive movement. Thanks for sharing Emeka
01-24-2019 11:04 AM
Congratulations, Nigeria! There should be concerts celebrating such this innovation. That will help so many people to feel included. Thank you for the dedication and sharing once again, @EmekaUlor.
01-24-2019 03:23 PM
This is such a wonderful movement forward, @EmekaUlor, and I'm glad you could share the news with all of us. I look forward to seeing Nigerian residents becoming more and more mobile thanks to these accommodations for all.
01-25-2019 01:36 AM
This is amazing news @EmekaUlor, thank you!
Accessibility for all is so very important. Thanks to Local Guides Nigeria, we can now look forward to the progress of a more accessible Nigeria. Well done on all your efforts, this is big! 🙂
01-25-2019 01:56 AM
@IrrPavlova there are celebrations across the country. The news is receiving lots of media attention too.
@AlexaAC we look forward to a more inclusive future.
@ChinonsoOnukwugha thank you!
01-28-2019 07:03 AM
Congrats! This is a great achievement!!!
01-28-2019 07:08 AM
Such an amazing achievement @EmekaUlor. Congratulations and good luck to Nigeria.
02-19-2019 04:05 PM
I am so excited and so proud to see the amazing things happening in your country, and your impact on the lives of people of all abilities there! Wonderful, life-changing work @EmekaUlor!@
03-06-2019 04:02 PM
Finally, this is an awesome initiative. It can only get better daily for Nigeria. Thanks for sharing @EmekaUlor