The Executive Secretary of Kogi State Office for Disability Affairs, Barr. Zacchaeus Dare Michael, has commended the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress for making nomination form free…
Yesterday, Wednesday April 20th, the advocacy team of The Centre for Ability, Rehabilitation and Empowerment (CARE) for Accessible Aviation took her sensitization and policy change campaign to the National Human…
From Jude Chinedu Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI) has intensified advocacy for the domestication of the Nigerian Disability Act in Enugu State. Rising from a two-day sensitization workshop for Persons…
The Gombe government on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to improving the lives of women with disabilities. The Gombe governor’s wife, Asma’u Yahaya, disclosed this while distributing empowerment tools to no…
Disability News
FG reiterates commitment to five percent Employment Allocation to People with Disabilities
By Samuel Anyanwu The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has reiterated its commitment towards implementing the five percent allocated for People Living With Disabilities (PLWD) for employment opportunities in the…
Fidelity Bank in fulfillment of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives has partnered with Yobe State government to donate food items to 150 physically challenged people in Damaturu, the Yobe…
Disability News
2023: Kogi women, PWDs seek Yahaya Bello’s help for female senatorial aspirant in Kogi
Women and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Kogi West have endorsed the only female senatorial aspirant in the zone, Mrs Adedoyin Eshanumi, as preferred candidate to represent them at the…
By Patience Ogbodo – Iwuagwu The Rector of the Enugu State Polytechnic (ESPOLY), Reverend Father Nnamdi Nwankwo, has challenged persons with disabilities not to see their disability as an excuse…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) A non-governmental organisation, Foundation for Disability Issues, has called on the Federal Government to make Nigeria safe for all by tacking insecurity. The…
From Okwe Obi The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), has lamented the poor living condition of original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, stating…
In its mission of championing the cause of abused Women and Grls, the Society for Life and Good Parenting (So Life) – a civil Rights and advocacy group on Saturday…
Persons with Disabilities under the platform of Association of Persons with Disabilities, Badagry chapter have commended the All Progressive Congress (APC) for including their members in appointments and other activities…
Lagos State, through its Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), has unfolded plans to educate stakeholders in the disability sector on the importance of social enterprise in improving the welfare of…
By Waliat Musa African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential aspirant, Chukwuka Monye, at the weekend, met with leaders of the community of Persons With Disability (PWDS) in Abuja. They were led…
By Francis Ezediuno The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been called upon to adhere to the five percent requirements in the Disability Act while engaging ad-hoc staff for the…