The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Osun State Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Bill into law.
The House passed the bill during the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Adewale Egbedun on Tuesday.
The news has brought joy to the disability community in the state as they commended the development.
Recall that people living with disability in Osun State had lamented the slow pace adopted by the House of Assembly in passing the disability bill.
The group under the aegis Joint National Association of People With Disability, JONAPWD, while on advocacy visit to the Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, had recently demanded fast tracking of the process in bid to make life more abundant for them.
Addressing members of the group, Egbedun, who was represented by the Clerk, Mr Akinwale Amusan had assured the PWDs of the house commitment to passing the bill with a view to domesticating it.
He added that the lawmakers commitment to the ongoing process on appropriation bill 2024 was the reason the bill has not been passed, saying the bill is next on the lawmakers agenda.
Osun JONAPWD Chairman, Stephen Oluwafemi, had urged the Speaker to influence other members in a bid to make passage of the bill faster.
With the passage of the much awaited bill, JONAPWD members and stakeholders expressed happiness and commended the lawmakers.
