The Executive Secretary of Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs, Barr. Zacchaeus Dare Michael, has commended the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress for making nomination form free for Persons with Disabilities.
The PUNCH reported that the executive secretary had made a passionate appeal for the PWD to be given the APC nomination form free.
He commended the APC NWC for listening to the voice of the vulnerable, adding that the PWD will by this gesture have a sense of belonging, particularly as over 25 million of them are active voters.
In a statement issued to Newsmen, Michael said, ” I Barrister Zacchaeus Dare Michael, the Executive Secretary, Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs want to sincerely appreciate our great party’s NEC for granting the passionate appeal I made to them on behalf of the 25 million Nigerians with one form of disability or another seeking to contest an election.
“I am happy to announce to you that nomination form for the PWD is now free. In an unjust society, silence is a crime.”
He urged all the PWD to nominate credible and competent aspirants, assuring that it would enable them to contribute to making laws and implementing laws that would further their cause.
He thanked the NEC of the APC and assured that the gesture had once again proven that the APC remained the party to beat in 2023.