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An appealed has been made to three tiers of government to provide job opportunities to the disabled persons to enable them live a useful life.

The secretary Nigeria Association of the Disabled kirfi local government chapter, comrade Umar A. Umar (Danruwatan Cheledi) disclosed this during LEAD Nigeria’s meeting with representative of the 13 wards of kirfi local government at the council’s chamber.

Comrade Umar A. Umar said, both government and community members isolate the members of the association in all developmental programmes.

He urged them to open a skill acquisition centers for the disabled as well as awarding scholarships to the disabled to further their education.

Participants at the meeting

The director Budget and Economic  planning, kirfi local government represented by Alh. Isah Umar Badara stated some priority needs of the wards of the local government to be included in the 2014 financial budget, to include construction of feeder roads, dispensaries and Maternity clinics, rural electrification, portable drinking water, primary schools classroom blocks, staff quarters, vet nary clinic, culverts, fencing of schools, building of Islamiyya schools provision of women development centers, construction of Dam, grave yard among others.

Ealier, the LEAD coordinator Kirfi local government, Hajiya Mariya Alkasim said, each of the 13 wards have presented Five priority areas of development they want government to execute which were base on their felt needs.

Hajiya Mariya Alkasim said, LEAD’s aim is to enlighten the general public on how to unearth their problems and design modalities for solving the problems through joint efforts.

Commenting, Idin Taure, a member of GIWO Development Association, complained of imbalance in the process followed in the distribution of needs.

The care-taker committee chairman, Kirfi local government represented by the Director Works department of the local government, Alh. Abdullahi Alh. Tata urged the participants to make use of what has been discussed effectively for the development of their areas.

Abdullahin Alh. Tata urge the participant to work hand in hand to move their communities forward.

In his remark, the village head of Badara Alh. Usman Aliyu thanked LEAD for its intervention in major problems affecting rural areas.

Alh. Usman Aliyu said, the process followed in distributing then people felt-needs were done democratically.

He prayed for the success of LEAD programmes that are always directed towards improving the lives of the people in rural areas.