The Lagos State Government has declared the third Saturday in September of every year as a day for persons with usher syndrome – a genetic disorder that causes blindness and deafness.

Speaking during a meeting with some persons with Usher Syndrome at the agency’s office in Ikeja, the General Manager of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal, said the rare genetic disorder which affects the three sensory organs of sight, hearing and balance currently has no known cure but is preventable.

Oyetunde explained that the Usher Syndrome community has advocated the third Saturday in September every year as an international day on which all nations and states can join efforts to create awareness about the condition with the aim of halting its advent and possibly making it history, thereby reducing the future incidence of deaf blindness worldwide.

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