NCPWD: A Commission in Coma Under a Sleeping Leadership
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities is no longer functioning. It is existing in name alone. Since the emergence of the current Executive Secretary, what was once an agency filled with purpose and momentum has now descended into a state of absolute paralysis.
There is no vision. No mission. No direction. No plan. Just photo ops, empty speeches, and the deafening silence of failure.
Staff who once worked with passion are now demoralized. Partners who once showed interest have gone cold. The disability community, once filled with hope, now whispers in disappointment. There is no single notable initiative to point to under this leadership. Not one.
Instead, what the commission now endures is a leader who reportedly spends more time asleep in the office or glued to his phone during strategic meetings. While national issues concerning persons with disabilities are debated, the one at the helm is either physically absent or mentally checked out. People are watching, and they are stunned.
Even worse, all the progressive programs that previously brought dignity and visibility to the disability community have been swept under the rug. The Commission is no longer innovating. It is no longer delivering. It is no longer seen.
The blame cannot be placed solely on this tragic leadership. It must also fall on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who approved such a questionable appointment. When merit is sacrificed for patronage, this is the result. When people who lack institutional depth, strategic thinking, and administrative vision are handed leadership, they turn agencies into graveyards of ideas.
This is not just incompetence. This is sabotage. It is a betrayal of millions of Nigerians living with disabilities who depend on the Commission to be their voice, their hope, and their advocate.
What is happening at the NCPWD today is shameful. National embarrassment. A complete mockery of public service.
Those watching closely know that the current occupant of the office is out of touch, out of depth, and out of ideas. He has no clue what it means to lead a national institution. He has no understanding of what the disability community truly needs. And tragically, he shows no interest in learning.
Nigeria deserves better. Persons with disabilities deserve better. And the time to demand answers is now.
