The group identified itself as The Joint National Association of People With Disabilities, Bayelsa State Chapter has shutdown the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC axis of the ever busy Aba Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, South-South, Nigeria, paralyzing vehicular movements, resulting to a heavy traffic gridlock in the State Capital.
According to the group, the action is due to the total neglect of persons with disabilities by the NDDC and other agencies of government in the country.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt, they said, the Physically Challenged persons in Bayelsa State has repeatedly written to the NDDC head office in Port Harcourt, notifying it of the upcoming National Disability Day Celebration on 3rd December with a demand of N7m,
50 wheelchair,
50 crutches,
Guiding chains for the blind,
Hearing aides for the deaf, among other things, which the commission has refused to acknowledged.
Over 400 Physically Challenged persons from Bayelsa State are presently on ground since Yesterday and has effectively shutdown the entire office of the commission and its adjourning roads, preventing passage of vehicles.
| Posted: at | |
benosky4
TRENDING GISTS 
One Dead, Three Injured, N8.7m Recovered On Kaduna Road Crash
Suspects Arrested Over Murder of 46yrs Old British-Nigerian Man, Okechukwu Iweha in London
How Police Inspector Aliyu Taofeek Sent Patrick Chinemerem to His Early Grave in Lagos
“Man Wearing Wig” - Blessing CEO Causes Commotion Online With Her Recent Dance Video
Popular Ghanaian Media Personality, Serwaa Amihere Finally Reacts To Her Leaked S3x Tape