The Film Medium: A Potential Instrument for Improving the Lives of the Physically Challenged in the Nigerian Democracy.

One of the greatest challenges of the Nigerian Democracy is the provision for the needs and interests of a large number of Nigerian citizens who are characteristically so different physically, socially and psychologically that they cannot profit maximally nor contribute fully to social, political and economic development of our great nation. Such individuals are found in the nooks and crannies of our communities and in practically all the school systems in the country. They constitute a special population who are encumbered by numerous challenges aggravated by poverty, unequal opportunities, insecurity and social discrimination, to name but a few. Although the National Policy on Education section 8 has stipulated ‘special education’ for all such Nigerian children for the purpose of providing adequate education for all handicapped children so that they may fully play their roles in the development of the nation, only the privileged few benefit from such a programme.