Executive Director, Friends of People with Disabilities (FOPWD), Chief Aku Christy Orduh, has stressed the need for inclusive education for people with hearing and speech impairment in society. This is…
People with Disabilities (PWD) have appealed to states and the federal government to implement the five per cent PWD law which grants them access to employment opportunities. The PWDs said…
Disability News
Employment: Disability Commission seeks end to discrimination against persons with disabilities
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) on Wednesday held a town hall meeting in Calabar to sensitise Nigerians to the need to end discrimination in employment of persons…
The National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPWD) said it was working with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to sanctions Ministries, Departments and Agencies…
Actress Ada Ameh has cried out following legal suit slammed against her for a job she couldn’t execute due to her ill mental state at the time. ‘The Johnson’ star…
The APC National Leader for Persons with Disabilities and National Working Committee member has paid a courtesy call to the Executive Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni in Abuja.…
By Funmilayo Fabunmi Persons with disability have described travelling through Nigerian airports as a tortuous experience, Funmilayo Fabunmi writes When a polio survivor, Sussan Kelechi Ihuoma, woke up on the…
Yaqoub Popoola The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its preparedness for the next Saturday June 18 Governorship election in Ekiti State. The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed…
Pregnant women, young girls, people with disabilities (PWDs) have been breaking boundaries by doing works hitherto regarded to be the exclusive preserve of men. PAUL OKAH writes on the Ministry…
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reiterated its commitment to rendering improved airport services for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Mr Kabir Mohammad, Regional General Manager of the Nnamdi…
An Autistic Group, Ferdinand Effah Music Heritage Foundation, FEMHF, on Tuesday, commended the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on including it as one of the musical bands that…
More than 500 men and women, including persons with disabilities, have received various empowerment tools in Jigawa State. The Qatar Foundation and Mallam Inuwa Foundation, an initiative of National Information…
By Bashir Hassan Abubakar Bauchi State Agency for Persons With Disability (APWD) have been called upon to design advocacy programs and activities on social inclusion targeted to all the State…
As Nigeria mark 23 years of uninterrupted democracy, a human rights non-governmental organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, has said that for Nigeria to uphold the pillars and ethos of it consolidating…
Disability News
Sightsavers’ ‘Inclusion Works’ project provides PWD employment in corporate organizations
By Gabriel Ewepu An international non-profit making organization, Sightsavers Nigeria, Thursday, disclosed its ‘Inclusion Works’ project has provided Persons With Disability, PWD, gainful employment in corporate organizations in Nigeria. This…