Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) have lamented the lack of prioritization given to availability of voting materials for voters with disabilities in the just concluded Federal Capital Territory Council…
By Cleopatra Eki Thirty participants with learning disabilities from 10 communities in Lagos state have participated in the cultural culinary ability parade and award, a cultural food parade competition. The…
By Uzoma Nzeagwu Anambra State chapter of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has appealed to Governor-elect, Prof. Charles Soludo, to give them appointments and accord them…
•National Assembly The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a Bill seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended to make provision…
Disability News
2023: I’ll sue you if you don’t contest second term – Man with disability tells Makinde
A man with disability, Wasiu Nurudeen, has threatened to drag Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to court if he fails to recontest the gubernatorial election in 2023. Nurudeen made…
Sequel to the visit of the Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with Disabilities Mr James David Lalu to the Hon. Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello in…
In a bid to fulfilling the mandate of the National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, the Executive Secretary, Mr. James David Lalu represented by the Director, Social Integration Department NCPWD,…
In 2017, Michel Roccati suffered a motorcycle accident that left his lower body completely paralyzed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to an innovative new spinal cord implant. The implant…
At a workshop organized by the JEAN JENN Disability Initiative in collaboration with National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, today 9th February, 2022; the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons…
Embittered members of the Joint National Association Of Persons with Disabilities, (JONAPWD) Anambra State Chapter, last Saturday 5th February, stormed Ekwulobia, country home of late Mr. Mmadụabuchi Nnofu, the blind…
By Michael Oladapo, Delta state government Thursday graduated 1,000 youths of the 2020/2021 cycle in the Skill Training Entrepreneurial Programme (STEP) and the Youth Agricultural Entrepreneur Programme (YAGEP) and equipped…
Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) Balanga Local Government Area, LGA branch of Gombe State have challenged the polity over rationales for the exclusion of Persons With Disabilities,…
Disability News
Gaps: Group launches social welfare intervention for orphanages, PWDs, others in Lagos
A group, Social Welfare Integrated Program Initiative, SWIPI, has launched an initiative designed to bridge the identified gaps in social welfare practice in Lagos State with the main objective of…
Disability News
Lalu assures of partnership with API, others to alleviate the plights of PWDs in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr James David Lalu has assured that the Commission will partner with African Polling Institute and other Stakeholders in the disability…
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, (NCPWD) under the astute leadership of its Executive Secretary, Mr. James David Lalu has organized a 2-day validation workshop of the Five-Year Strategic…