A board member of the Vocational School for the Blind, Mr John Yekini, has stressed the need for the government to create employment opportunities for people living with disabilities.

He stated that on Thursday in Lagos, while chairing the seventh edition of the You Can Be Their Eyes Bible Quiz competition, organised by the Bible Society of Nigeria for blind students in secondary schools.

“I want the government to give us more recognition, especially jobs. There is no point in training the blind without giving them jobs. We need to work.

“We need to provide for our families. So, that is the area that I think the government should really come in more,” he emphasised.

He noted that though the current administration had made efforts to improve the welfare of PWDs in the country, there was a need for it to do more.

“The government, I must say, is really doing better now than before. The government is realising that they are the blind people are part of Nigeria. They are trying, but they can do more with the acts that they provided. Our late President Buhari gave us the People with Disability Act. So, we’ll get there one day,” Yeniki explained.

Former President Muhammadu Buhari signed the People with Disability Act, also called Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act of 2018, into law on January 23, 2019.

Meanwhile, Federal Government College (Senior), Ijanikin, Lagos, has emerged winner of the seventh edition of the Bible Society of Nigeria Bible competition.

The school, which was represented by Gideon Oghorodi and Precious Ehikhoya, scored 80 points to trump four other schools at the competition organised by the BSN in Lagos on Thursday.

The elated Ehikhoya said the victory in the competition would inspire her to pursue her dreams in life.

“Thank you, BSN, for providing us with a platform to express our abilities despite our challenges,” she stated.

Bethesda School for the Blind, Surulere, Lagos, with 70 points, emerged second, and King’s College (Junior), Obalende (55 points), Pacelli Home for the Blind (50 points), and Federal Government College (Junior), Ijanikin (45 points) were third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

Meanwhile, the General Secretary/CEO of the BSN, Pastor Samuel Sanusi, who was represented at the event by the society’s Church and Public Relations Manager, Mr Lucky Ogwu, stressed the need for well-meaning Nigerians to support the less privileged in the country.

“God has deposited abilities in those who have disabilities that well-meaning Nigerians should harness,” he asserted.

Coincidentally, World Sight Day, during which the importance of eye care is harped on, was celebrated on Thursday, 9 October 2025.