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…
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,…
Victoria Edeme The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on governments to consider children with disabilities while making policies. UNICEF made the call on Wednesday in its report titled, ‘Nearly…
As part of activities marking the 2021 Global Sustainability Week, employees of the pan-African of Dangote Group, have donated food items and other hygiene products to the old age and…
Ogun State Government has distributed additional 30 wheelchairs to children and learners with mobility restrictions in order to improve their living conditions. Recall that the government had earlier distributed about…
Lagos State has launched a comprehensive nutrition programmes to tackle cognitive and learning disabilities in newborns. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, rolled out the Mother, Infant and Child (M.I.C.H.) Initiative…
