Public buildings inaccessible to disabled people

PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister, Prisca Mupfumira, has accused the government of taking long to standardise infrastructural designs of most public buildings in order to accommodate people living with disabilities.

Speaking at the belated 2016 International Day for Persons with Disabilities in Chinhoyi last week, Mupfumira said most public buildings still remained inaccessible to disabled people, although government has adopted policies and programmes to mainstream disability issues.

“As government we must move towards making schools and our offices easily accessible to people living with disabilities by adopting a standard plan or design.

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