Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) and NAPVID on Saturday in Benin City trained PWD leaders Advocacy and Issue Framing ahead of the Governorship Candidate Debates on Sunday 13th September.
The training was conducted to equip PWD leaders in the state with useful skills on conducting data driven and result oriented debate.
Participants were taken through the process of legislative advocacy, primarily to prepare their minds and build their capacity for post-election engagements with the candidate that wins the election on September 19.
Additionally, participants also drew out all the issues that affect them as a group in Edo state. The issues were categorized by all participants in a breakout session and 5 issues were framed out of the entire problem statements provided by participants.
The issues were framed around these basic areas of priority: Implementation of the 5% employment quota as provided in the Disability Act, Inclusive Education for all PWDs, Domestication of the Disability Act in the state and setup of an agency or commission to drive implementation, Electoral and political participation, Health coverage for PWDs. These 5 areas agreed by participants forms the questions guide that governorship candidates would be engaged to answer and also make commitments during the debate yesterday at 7pm.