Ekiti gives tools to 100 graduates with disabilities after skills training
The Ekiti State Government has provided equipment to 100 persons with disabilities who completed vocational training in areas including tailoring, ICT, catering, shoemaking and hairdressing. Officials said the programme was designed to support self-reliance, entrepreneurship and broader participation in the state’s economic and social life.
The Ekiti State Government has equipped 100 persons with disabilities with trade and work tools after they completed a vocational skills programme in Ado Ekiti. The beneficiaries graduated at a ceremony held on Saturday at the Skills Acquisition Centre for Persons with Disabilities. The programme was organised by the Office of Disability Affairs with the Office of the Special Adviser on Special Education and Social Inclusion.
Governor Biodun Oyebanji, represented by his Chief of Staff, Oyeniyi Adebayo, said the initiative reflected his administration’s policy of inclusive governance. He said the government wanted citizens to have opportunities to develop their abilities and contribute to the state regardless of physical condition, background or social class. The trainees received instruction in information and communication technology, tailoring, hairdressing, shoemaking, catering and hospitality.
They were also given equipment intended to help them begin work or establish businesses in their chosen fields. The items included sewing machines, salon and hairdressing equipment, shoemaking machines and tools, ICT equipment, and catering and hospitality materials. Oyebanji said combining training with start-up support would promote independence and entrepreneurship.
He urged the graduands to use the equipment responsibly and remain focused and committed. The governor said the programme was part of a wider effort to ensure that persons with disabilities participated actively in Ekiti’s economic and social development. Special Adviser Princess Adetoun Agboola said the scheme had expanded from 30 participants in 2023 to 40 in 2024, 60 in 2025 and 100 in 2026.
She said 10 members of the latest group were parents of children with severe disabilities who had previously struggled to work because of care responsibilities. Agboola said the state’s therapy centre for children with disabilities had helped create time for those parents to learn skills and pursue livelihoods while their children received care and therapy.
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