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Inclusiveness: Sightsavers, CIPM urge govt, entrepreneurs to employ more PWDs in workplace


Inclusiveness: Sightsavers, CIPM urge govt, entrepreneurs to employ more PWDs in workplace
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By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Sightsavers organisation, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, CIPM and stakeholders have stressed the need for employers of labour in Nigeria to engage the services of Persons With Disabilities, PWDs in the workplace inorder to further tap inherent potentials and bridge economic shortfall.
The International Labour Organisation, ILO, had stated in it’s report that three to seven per cent of Gross Domestic Product, GDP, is lost within middle and low-income-countries as persons with disabilities are excluded from the job market.
The stakeholders comprising of corporate giants, high-profile private companies, international development organisations and government, envoys, professional bodies, Human Resources, HR, outfits,  among others, made the call at a webinar, titled, “Launching ceremony of Nigeria Business Disability Network, NB ....

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