The Emir of Anka, and Chairman, Zamfara Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmed has charged Government workers at all levels as well as citizens of the state to learn Sign…
Disability News
Biose Falade, a writer with disability and author of the book “Nimi: the warrior girl” has come out to tell the motive behind her book. Falade says she wanted to…
By Oyebola Owolabi To commemorate the 2021 International Disability Day, the Iyaniwura Children Care Foundation (ICCF), a Non-Profit Organisation, which has been at the forefront in advocating for the rights…
By Daniel Essiet Lagos Government is driving a new scheme on entrepreneurship and skill training for disabled persons. It plans to expose their talents and provide a market for their…
Disability News
Monarch Advocates For Allocation Of Political Appointments To Persons With Disability
The Emir of Anka and Chairman, Zamfara Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad has called on government at all levels to provide special allocation of political offices to people with…
“The State House of Assembly will continuously accord topmost priority to the disabled and Disability needs in all its legislative processes. We will endeavour to conform to best international legislative…
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Zamfara State House Of Assembly Holds Public Hearing On Discrimination Against Persons With Disability Bill
The Chairman, House standing Committee on Women, Children and Social Welfare, Hon. Kabiru Magaji kwatarkwashi has called for a Public hearing on the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act…
People with disabilities in Kaduna North senatorial district are benefitting from the Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari empowerment programme as he officially flagged off a skills acquisition and capacity building programme…
Weeks after hosting the third season of FashMode, Sandra Odige has empowered persons with disabilities. Sandra Odige’s La Mode Magazine Disability Foundation celebrated persons with disabilities through the foundation’s Conference…
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Wise Women with Initiatives (WWI), has given an award to the Project Director of “Ability in Disability (AID) Talent Hunt Show“, Mr Nick Bebiem. The award,…
Ajibola AMZAT MEMBERS of the Association of Applicants and Workers with Disabilities in Nigeria Wednesday picketed the headquarters of the Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC Abuja in protest against employment discrimination.…
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16 days of Activism: Group task govt on establishment of Disability Desk with sign language in SARC centres
Deaf Women Aloud Initiative (DWAI), Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN) and others have called on government to establish Disability Desk with sign language in all SARC centres across Nigeria.…
The Executive Director of Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) and Convener of Access Nigeria Campaign has urged federal government to develop a PWD Emergency National Action Plan to respond to the…
Mr Nick Bebiem, Project Director, Ability in Disability (AID) talent hunt show and Miss Health Beauty International Foundation, has said that persons with disabilities (PWDs) deserve to have good jobs…
Advocacy for Women With Disabilities Initiative, AWWDI has trained some 40 women with Disabilities to amplify the campaign against Gender Based Violence, GBV. The training, part of an AWWDI project…