Ebonyi: JONAPWD Protests Planned Office Eviction, Seeks Nwifuru's Intervention
.....Vow To Resist Humiliation The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Ebonyi State Chapter, yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Abakaliki, appealing to Governor Francis Nwifuru to intervene in what it described as plans by the Ebonyi State Ministry of Health to evict the association from its office at the State Secretariat Presco. Addressing journalists during the protest, the State Chairman of JONAPWD, Comrade Nwovu Friday Christian, said the office had served as the association's operational base for more than a decade after it was allocated by a previous administration because of its accessibility to persons with disabilities. He alleged that renovation work had already commenced on the building for a proposed blood bank despite a pending appeal by the association to the state government. Christian appealed to the governor to ensure that the association is provided with a suitable and disability-friendly alternative office b...
