Onyebuchi Ezigbo in AbujaThe federal government has commenced the development of Nigeria’s first National Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Strategic plan to strengthen disability-inclusive healthcare and improve rehabilitation services nationwide. The initiative was unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday during a three-day stakeholders’ zero draft meeting of the national rehabilitation and assistive technology strategic plan. Also, Head of the Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers (GASHE), Dr. Umeh Sunday said work on the national rehabilitation strategic plan had already commenced. According to him, Nigeria previously lacked a federal rehabilitation policy, leaving states without a national framework for rehabilitation services. Sunday said the strategy aligns with WHO Rehabilitation 2030 and the World Health Assembly Rehabilitation Strategy 2025-2035.