Nigerian celebrities like Fathia Balogun, Ranti (Iwe Kikosinger), Ruggedman are billed to participate in this year’s White Cane Day at the National Stadium, Lagos to draw attention to the plight of visually impaired persons.
The Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind has organised a walk as part of celebrations. The walk will start at the National Stadium to Funsho Williams, Costain round-about then back to stadium.
“The white cane day activity is an annual charity and public enlightenment program of the society started eleven years ago,” said chairman of the executive council of FNSB Asiwaju Fola Osibo.
“It is organised as another event in our calendar to raise funds for the society for its program of training and rehabilitating the visually impaired in our society, a task we have successfully carried out in the past 61years.
“It is also a public enlightenment program to draw attention of the general public to the plight of the blind and partially sighted persons in our society so that everyone would know how he/she can lend a helping hand.”
Over 3, 000 blind or partially-sighted persons have graduated in vocational skills like typewriting, handicraft, tie and dye, computer training, soap making and home economics by FNSB, a non-governmental organisation
