The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has conferred the Defender of Justice Award to Comrade David O. Anyaele, Executive Director Centre for Citizens with Disabilities and Convener,…
By: Adémólá Òrúnbon The Ogun State government has reiterated its commitment to defend the rights of her citizens including persons living with disabilities, to ensure a better and more inclusive…
Initiative For The Liberalization Of Physically Challenged People In Nigeria (ILPCPN) has commenced a capacity building and empowerment project on poultry farming for some seventy Persons with Disabilities. The project…
Kanawa Educational Foundation for the Disabled has called on both Federal and State Governments to create platforms and infrastructures that will put an end to the segregation, discrimination, and non-inclusion…
Disability News
PWDs Call For Restructuring Of LASODA As NGO Offers Free Services On Access To Justice
Persons with Disabilities have called for a restructuring of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA). The leading argument for the call is that current structure of the body…
The General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN), Pastor Samuel Sanusi, has called on various churches, the government, as well as well meaning Nigerians to…
Ms. Hadiza Kabir, the recently inaugurated Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory’s Social Development Secretariat (FCT), has promised greater support for the less privileged in the territory. Kabir said this…
Disability News
FG Tasks MDAs To Implement Presidential Directive On PWDs Inclusion, Launches Sign Language Dictionary, Website, Others
The Federal Government has tasked its various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on quota allocation to Persons with Disabilities in all programs. Minister…
Disability News
Nigerian teachers to undergo training on intellectual disabilities, challenges in pupils
By Evelyn Usman Teachers in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools across the county are to undergo training on Special Needs and Disabilities, SEND skills with a view to strengthening their…
A Nigerian Health and Safety Envoy, Ms. Ibironke Adeagbo, has called on the Federal Government to show determination in implementing the policy on discrimination against persons with disabilities. Adeagbo made…
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, has urged Persons with Disabilities to take part in political leadership with support of a functional access to justice. Excutive Director of CCD, David…
The People with Disabilities Forum in the All Progressives Congress (APC) has pledged to support Senator Tanko Al-Makura for the position of the party’s National Presidency. Forum chairman Alhaji Gambo…
Advocacy for Women With Disabilities Initiative, AWWDI has argued that Women and Girls with Disabilities are one of the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in the society. Executive Director of…
Poised to ensure better welfare and provision for children living with disabilities, especially the visually impaired in the state, the Ogun State government has commissioned the newly renovated braille book…
By Adewale Adeyanju, INN report Hope Inspired Foundation for Women and Youth (HIFWY), a Non-Government Organization committed to advancement of women and youth is making a case for sex education…