FG: Mine Victims Seek Stakeholders’ Support

The federal government is seeking the support of relevant stakeholders for the victims of explosions and violent attacks across the country.

James Lalu, the executive secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), said this in a statement by Mbanefor Michaels, his spokesman, on Tuesday in Abuja.

Mr. Lalu spoke when he received a delegation from the Humanitarian Mine Action Committee (HMAC) and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD).

He said the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provided a framework for implementing Victims’ Assistance regarding survivors.

According to him, Articles 11 and 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities captured the Rights of Persons with Disabilities resulting from mines and explosives.

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He urged the HMAC and GICHD to generate accurate and comprehensive data on victims of mine actions to address their plights.

“Medical care, rehabilitation, psycho-social and economic support is needed to support these victims. I, therefore, urge the Mine Action Committee to engage in data collection of victims across the board in order to ascertain the degree of interventions needed,’’ he said.

Valon Kumnova of the GICHD charged the committees to be resilient and committed to assisting the victims of war and persons with disabilities. He called on stakeholders to develop and ensure strategies, technical surveys, gender diversity, information management, form treaties, and operational management.

The objective of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities and to promote their dignity.