Gani Adams said the physically challenged should be pampered, adding that it is time government consider a separate ministry for them. The Physically Challenged in the Southwest have requested for a separate ministry to take care of the people in the category.The physically challenged who are members of an umbrella body in the Southwest, The Association of the Physically Challenged Southwest, made the plea in Lagos during a solidarity visit to the Aare Ona Kakanfo designate, Dr Gani Adams.Speaking through their spokesman, Prince Paul Adelabu who said there are over 25m physically challenged in the country, the physically challenged said a separate ministry for them would enhance their welfare and allow government cater for them better.Insisting that the 25m figure increases on daily basis, Adelabu said motor cycle accident victims add to the figure regularly, stressing that it is imperative that government begin to consider the welfare of the people in the category.
