Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has approved the employment of 66 people with disabilities into the state civil service.The Special Assistant to the Governor on People With Disabilities (PWD), Prince Paul Adelabu who disclosed in Ibadan on Tuesday at a three-day entrepreneurial training workshop organised in partnership with MALE Knowledge Limited for People With

Disabilities, noted that the 66 People With Disabilities will work across the 33 Local Government Areas of the state as approved by the governor.

Stressing that the Governor Ajimobi- led administration in the state had passion for the plight of the disabled and this will go along way to end street begging. He also disclosed that within the last two years, over 1000 PWD has been empowered, while 20 deaf persons have been employed by the Oyo State Waste Management Agency.

Adelabu assured the people of the present government's commitment to the welfare of the people, particularly the people with special needs, noting that in spite of their special needs these people are blessed with one talent or the other.

According to him, the physically-challenged persons can still contribute to the development of the state and the country at large when given a conducive environment to operate.He promised that more projects and policies of interest would be initiated for people with special needs to benefit them.

Commenting on the three-day training, he said:" MALE Knowledge Limited,and other Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has partner with us to train 120 leaders of peoples with disabilities on entrepreneurial skills. "The purpose of the workshop is to expose people with disabilities into entrepreneurship, how to handle business, how to access funds, this people are human beings and they are talented, they have potentials and every gift but they do not

knew how to get to their next level, so they are now exposing them to the rudiments of business," he said.

Adelabu called on well meaning Nigerians to come and help people with disability,adding that this will go along way to reduce street begging.