The Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind has lamented that thousands of visually impaired persons still lack access to rehabilitation, education, assistive technology and employment opportunities.
The Chairman of the society’s Executive Council, Mrs Arit Tunde-Imoyo, said blindness should not condemn anyone to a life of dependence, exclusion or hopelessness.
She spoke at the 71st anniversary and Independence Dinner of the centre, held on Friday at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.
Tunde-Imoyo said the anniversary celebrated not just 71 years of the organisation’s existence but also the vision of its founders, who believed that blind persons could live productive and independent lives if given the necessary training and opportunities.
She said, “In 1955, while Nigeria was still under colonial rule and five years before our national independence, a group of compassionate Nigerians and expatriates came together with a bold vision: that blindness should not condemn a person to a life
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