Sylvanus Viashima As the World marks the year’s World’s Eye Health Day, the Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Professor Joseph Albasu Kunini has called for concerted efforts to…
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Leadership Training For Young Girls With Disabilities: NDW Takes Project To School For The Blind
Network of Disabled Women (NDW) has taken its leadership training and development Initiative designed especially for young girls with disabilities to School for the Blind, Jabi, Abuja. The project, which…
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Obey Traffic Laws Relating To Visually Impaired Persons – Ex-Governor’s Aide Tells Motorists
By Popoola Yaqoub Hon Israel Adesokan (alias Jaru) ex-security aide to governor Kayode Fayemi has charged motorists to acquaint themselves with all traffic laws relating to the persons with disabilities…
Dame Okowa Dame Edith Okowa, wife of Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has offered free eye care services to the people of Delta South, through her pet project “05 Initiative”.…
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Anambra election: Blind voters receive training on use of braille ballot guide
The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) on Friday 29th October 2021 trained 50 blind voters on the use of a braille ballot guide in Anambra State. IFA through its advocacies to…
The Nigerian Association of the Blind (NAB), Abuja Branch, sought employment for its members in government ministries and agencies, as stipulated in the Persons with Disabilities Act. Mr. Kassim Lawal,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State has urged persons with disabilities, particularly the visually impaired to participate actively in the November 6 governorship election, assuring them that…
The Nigerian Association of the Blind (NAB) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have lauded the Federal Government for its legal and institutional empowerment for the blind and other disabled persons…
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Anambra Guber: INEC to provide brailled ballot papers for visually impaired voters
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will provide brailled ballot papers for visually impaired voters in the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Dr Nwachuku Orji, INEC’s Resident…
(L-R) Abdullahi Ganduje, Dahuru Abdulhamid Idris and Muhammadu Sanusi Kiru Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has offered an automatic teaching employment to a blind person, Dahuru Abdulhamid Idris, who…
By Ola Ojo This year’s international white cane day took a different dimension in Ekiti State as some visually impaired persons rolled out drums and danced round the streets of…
By Otegbade Wale The Rehab Manager, Resource Center of the Blind, Daniel Isaiah Olamide, has decried misconceptions about blind persons with a cane being regarded as a beggar, stressing that…
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White Cane Safety Day: Ezewuzie Calls For More Support, Interventions For Visually Impaired Persons
White Cane Safety Day is an international annual observance set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and…
The International Association of Lions Club, District 4 and 5, has said that it was targeting 9,000 residents of Cross River in its on going free eye care campaign under…
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World Sight Day: Lions Club give succor to 2,500 persons with eye defect in Cross River
By Ike Uchechukwu About 2,500 persons with different eye defects have benefitted from the free eye screening, treatment and surgeries carried out by Lions clubs District 404A2 in Cross River…