The National Human Right Commission (NHRC), has cautioned against killing of children with special needs as a result of their vulnerability. The call was made in Abuja at a fund…
Stakeholders have called for support and collaboration from parents, governments and caregivers for children with special needs. Speaking on Wednesday at the PureSouls Learning Foundation conference in Lagos, the Founder…
Plans have been concluded by The Irede Foundation (TIF) to embark on its yearly walk to fight discrimination against children with disabilities. The Executive Director, Crystal Chigbu, during a press…
The founder of the Children’s Development Centre, Lagos, Dr Yinka Akindayomi, has encouraged parents not to lock up their special needs children, saying they are gifts from God. Speaking to…
Children with Disabilities
Majority of children with disabilities in Nigeria are not schooled – experts
By Godsgift Onyedinefu At least 95.5 percent of children with disabilities in Nigeria are out of school and have low knowledge of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues, including HIV/AIDS…
Save the Children International (SCI) Nigeria, on Wednesday called on policy makers to take concrete steps to protect children with disabilities. Mercy Gichuhi, the Country Director, SCI, said in a…
Children with Disabilities
UNICEF: Nigeria education crisis majorly affects girls, children with disabilities
The United Nations Children’s Fund has noted that girls and children with disabilities are majorly affected by the education crisis in Nigeria. This is as the group decried the education…
By Henry Uche The Irede Foundation has advocated an inclusive society in which all voices are heard and considered, particularly where children living with disabilities live an independent and limitless…
Lagos CJ, Kazeem Alogba. Source: Twitter By Victor Ayeni The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has said the state judiciary will support students in Bethesda Home for…
By Cleopatra Eki The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Hon. Wahab Alawiye-King has urged parents and guardians keeping their wards with disabilities indoor to enroll them…
The second annual programme of Onaopemipo Center for children and youths with special need’s ( NGO) Tagged “ LET’S MAKE THEM HAPPY” was held on Saturday 18th December,2021. The founder…
Funmi Ogundare The School Support Services department of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB), recently joined their counterparts to commemorate World Disability Day. The celebration themed, ‘Leadership and…
Kayode Olanrewaju Stakeholders have bemoaned the attitude of government at all levels towards the education of children living with disabilities, lamenting that development of special education is still at zero…
In its determination to build an inclusive society, Irede founded recently unveiled a comic book starring children with disabilities, the first of its kind in Africa. IREDIANS, a comic book…
By Adelowo Adebumiti An educationist, Dr. Nike Akindele, has said that the plight of children with special needs should be of national interest and not be limited to affected parents,…