Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria (ALDIN) held a virtual meeting of its Executive on Tuesday May 6, 2020. Participants at the digital online meeting of the Association’s executive consists of members from Lagos and Abuja all the way to those from across south south zone of Delta and Cross river states.
The meeting which deliberated on issues bordering on the Impending Digitization of Law Practice, matters regarding palliative for members, as well as cogent issues affecting PWDs in general, was hailed by members as novel, innovative and exemplary.
Members unanimously expressed the desire for the sustenance of deployment of disability-friendly technology in the judicial system even beyond period of COVID- 19 pandemic.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the association’s Public Relations, Director, Yusuf Iyodo, Esq said ALDIN is confident that other organizations would take a cue from this endeavour so as to ensure activities relating to their organizations are not hampered despite the regulations in place that limits physical movement.