The law office of C.V. Georgewill & Co is pleased to announce that its Lead Partner, C.I. Georgewill Esq, with the assistance of Lydia O. Abbey Esq and Ifeanyi Kevin Ewuziem Esq, contributed a paper to the Article Section of the Juritrust Centre for Socio-legal Research and Documentation, Abuja, Nigeria titled: The Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018: Appraising the Freedom of Movement Safeguards for Persons with Special Needs. 

Here is an excerpt of the above paper: 

It cannot be seriously asserted that persons living with disabilities are excluded from the entitlement to move freely throughout Nigeria or anywhere in the world. But it cannot be denied that their special needs with respect to movement lacked the much needed visibility. Of what use or meaning is freedom of movement if, for example, a person who can only move with the aid of a wheelchair is unable to enter, exit or access places or facilities available to other humans by reason of the lack of attention or concern by government and society to his special needs?

Indeed, it has been rightly argued that no one is really living with disabilities; but some persons are merely suffering from a disabled environment. Hence to give the required visibility to free movement of persons with disabilities, the following provisions were enacted:…

Read the full article through the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) provided below. 

https://juritrustlawnotes.org/the-discrimination-against-persons-with-disabilities-prohibition-act-2018-appraising-the-freedom-of-movement-safeguards-for-persons-with-special-needs/