President Bola Tinubu has officially endorsed the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights regarding the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa.
This protocol was adopted during the Thirtieth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 29, 2018, and the President has now formalized the endorsement by signing the Instrument of Ratification.
The president’s Spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale made this known in a statement signed and released on Thursday which says: “I, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, do hereby formally declare that the Federal Republic of Nigeria accepts the aforementioned Protocol and undertakes to faithfully perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained.
“In witness whereof, I, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, have set my hand and Seal of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on this Instrument of Ratification at Abuja on this 19th day of October in the year Two Thousand and Twenty-Three.”
