Stakeholders have called on government at all levels to include more women and people with disabilities in appointments, saying that discriminating against the set of people in the society is…
In recognition of the unprecedented performance and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has received an award of…
The Osun State House Of Assembly has presented Disability Bill during the house plenary on Tuesday by The Speaker, Hon Adewale Egbedun at the Assembly Complex in Osogbo. The Bill…
Great Expectations Private School, an inclusive school that caters for the academic, social and emotional needs of children with disabilities and non-disabled children, has graduated some students with disabilities during…
Sen. Shehu Sani, former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central, has called on President Bola Tinubu to give 25% fuel subsidy palliative to persons with disabilities (PWDs). Sani made the call during…
By Kadir Abdulfatai Recently the entire citizens of kwara state were thrown into massive chaos following a dust of an escalating confusion that greeted the Kwara State School for Special…
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Kogi: Stakeholders Pledge Commitment, Justice For Aisha Aminu, Other Victims with Disabilities
The Kogi Central Persons with Disabilities Association convened an online stakeholder meeting on Thursday, 13th of July 2023, focusing on the pursuit of justice for Aisha Aminu. The roundtable discussion,…
The President of the Katsina Blind Intellectual Club (KBIC), Nasir Dauda, has called on state governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, to give priorities to the plights of persons with Disabilities. Dauda…
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Tinubu committed to addressing fears, aspirations of people with disabilities — Aide, Tunde Rahman
by Bola Badmus Senior Special Assistant on Media to the President, Mr Tunde Rahman, has assured Nigerians of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s strong commitment to addressing the fears and aspirations…
The Northern Nigeria Disability Forum (NNDF) has called on President Bola Tinubu to implement the five per cent affirmative action for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) to give them a sense…
The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities, JONAPWD, Osun State chapter, has called on state governor, Ademola Adeleke, to appoint one of them as a member of his cabinet.…
In order to facilitate the spiritual inclusion and moral well-being of Christians with Disabilities ( CWDs) in church. The board of ECWA Goodnews deemed it appropriately necessary to establish the…
By Umar Saleh, Bauchi A group of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) under the aegis of ‘Honourable Muntaka Muhammad Support Group’ led by its chairman Hon Hisham Shuaibu Sambo Luti, has…
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“Many FG Departments, Agencies, NCPWD are renting office spaces in Abuja” – Sen Shehu Sani
A former senator who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, has expressed concern on the continuous use of borrowed office spaces by several federal government departments and…
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AMAC Chairman, Maikalangu, distributes assistive devices, empowerment materials to PWDs
The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has distributed empowerment materials to residents and people with disabilities (PWDs) in the council as part of the…