Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have called on the government at all levels to address alleged brutality and discrimination of her members by government agencies and individuals. They made the call…
By Mnena Iyorkegh Nigerian Journalists have been enjoined to protect the rights of Women and people with disabilities through their reportage. Stakeholders on Gender Advocacy made the call at an…
Disability rights campaigners in Nigeria have urged government to take final step to ensure a new disability treaty is legally adopted. The Nigerian government formally ratified the African Disability Protocol…
Advocacy for Disability Act (ADAC) Cluster has called for a multi-stakeholders approach to implementing the Abia Disability Law, to promote the inclusion of Persons With Disabilities in the state. ADAC…
General Manager, Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Dare Dairo, has appealed to people with disabilities to unite themselves, discover, and collaborate with organizations that will support their cause…
By Uzoma Nzeagwu The Chairman, Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB), Chike Maduekwe, has restated the state government’s commitment at ensuring that all public buildings and other infrastructure in the…
All Progressives Congress (APC), National Leader of Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, Hon. Tolu Bankole has thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for signing the instrument of ratification on AU Charter…
The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa and Glory City Campus Fellowship have collaborated to provide financial support for students with disabilities in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The organisations disclosed this on Thursday…
Disability News
Group Lauds President Tinubu For Signing African Union Protocol To Guarantee Rights Of PWDs
Advocacy for women with disabilities Initiative (AWWDI) has praised President Bola Tinubu for taking the step in the right direction to sign African Union protocol to guarantee rights of Persons…
Disability News
President Tinubu Signs African Union Protocol To Guarantee Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Instrument of Ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa.…
Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) have called on stakeholders and the public to provide level-playing grounds for equal opportunities to persons with disability instead of treating most as charity cases, giving…
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has sought stakeholders’ collaboration on ways to remove the obstacles that prevent Persons With Disabilities from participating fully and equally…
James David Lalu, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities (NCPWD) has hinted that only Leaders who are selfless are capable of making meaningful impacts on citizens. The…
Last Saturday, the joy of entire Students with Disabilities of the Gombe state University (GSU) and those among them who graduated from the institution, know no bounds as they were…
By Umar Saleh, Bauchi In his effort to mitigate the suffering of persons with disabilities in his Constituency, member representing Duguri/Gwana Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly Hon.…