Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Dr. Ini Adiakpan has reaffirmed her commitment to supporting women, children and persons with disabilities. The commissioner made the pledge…
Lois Auta, the President of Network of Women with Disabilities, said the percentage level of participation of women with disabilities in politics is at alarmingly zero level. She made the…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr James David Lalu has restated that the lasting legacies of former president, Muhammadu Buhari will not be forgotten in a…
As the maiden African Paralympics Games draw near, Team Nigeria says preparations are in top gear for the games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the games will…
Festus Fajemilo Foundation (FFF) has raised an awareness on various disability-inclusive social protection programmes offered by Lagos State government for persons with disabilities in Badagry. Speaking during the community awareness…
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Lagos State Chapter was presented with a new administrative office in Lagos Island. INN reports that the office was given by…
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) Lagos state chapter has concluded a stakeholders validation conference on local government policy framework for persons with disabilities (PWDs) with a…
Stakeholders of Sign Language users in Nigeria have called for the official recognition of Nigerian Sign Language as a second official language in the nation to ensure the all-round inclusion…
By Andrew Utulu LAGOS – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos Command has averred that Persons With Disabilities (PWD), deserve justice and all the required forms of…
Persons with Disabilities in Nasarawa have advocated for the creation of a Special Rapid Response Agency aimed at providing prompt relief and care for physically challenged people during flooding and…
An umbrella of People With Disabilities (PWD) under the auspices of Northern Nigeria Disability Forum (NNDF), has threatened to take legal action against President Bola Tinubu over their non-inclusion in…
Hundreds of persons with disabilities protested on Monday over non-inclusion in the employment of primary school teachers, the SURE-P programme, and other entitlements as they accused the Ughelli North Council…
By Femi Oni, Ekiti Special Adviser to Governor Abayomi Oyebanji on Special Education and Social Inclusion, Mrs Adetoun Agboola has assured persons with disabilities of the state governor’s commitments to…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities Mr James David Lalu has expressed renewed hope over the appointment of a new Chairman, House Committee on disabilities by the…
The National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD) has demanded a five per cent share of the N5 billion palliative approved by the Federal Government for states and local…
