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Tinubu rehabilitated me after rebels cut off my hands – CCD Director
['The Eagle Online', 'Ganiyu Mubarak']
The Eagle Online
The Executive Director of the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), David Anyaele, has revealed how President Bola Tinubu rehabilitated him after Sierra Leone rebels amputated his hands in 1999.
The CCD Director spoke on Friday evening during the Nkata Umuibe, a monthly speakers’ series organised by the Centre for Memories (CFM), Enugu.
According to him, he later sent the same appeal to Tinubu, who was then the Lagos State governor, who directed doctors to examine him.
Appealing to Igbos, Anyaele urged them not to discriminate against persons with disabilities but to embrace inclusion, noting disability could happen to anyone anytime.
He commended Governor Alex Otti for establishing the Abia State Disabilities Commission and urged Governor Peter Mbah to replicate it in Enugu State.