By Chris Njoku The National Assembly has urged Houses of Assembly to domesticate the Discrimination against Persons with Disability Prohibition Act, to protect the rights of persons with challenges. The…
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MSME Fund Disbursement: Obaseki Prioritises Female Entrepreneurs, Persons With Disabilities
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the government will give priority to female entrepreneurs and persons living with disabilities in the disbursement of Micro Small and Medium…
Sola Ojo As a deliberate plan to ensure that every citizen of Kaduna State regardless of their physical status is carried along in governance, the Kaduna State Executive Council has…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has received 50, 395 applications from persons with disability requesting for voter transfer, replacement of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and update of…
Deaf Women Association of Nigeria, DWAN recently elected her 5th set of national executives. The association was formally established on 4th September, 2001 as Deaf Women In Nigeria, DWIN. It…
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Call for concern over Sepsis as death toll exceeds cancer’s, causes death and disability among COVID-19 patients
By Abdulmumin Murtala A call has been made for the need to raise awareness through educating the public on the fatal and infectious complication called Sepsis. Addressing newsmen at the…
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Gov. Akeredolu Appoints Folasade Arise As Chairperson, Board Of Agency For The Welfare Of Persons With Disability
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has approved the appointment of Folasade Arise as Full-time Chairman, Board of Agency for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities. The Governor also…
Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA) Garba Abari has stated that implementing the Disability Act will create Jobs for persons with disabilities. This was made known during an inclusion and diversity…
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National Assembly Pledge to Strengthen the Implementation of National Disability Act in Nigeria.
The National House of Representatives house committee on disability have made a pledge to champion and strengthen their oversight function to ensure the implementation of the national disability act in…
By Onyinye Agubaeze All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, Campaign Disability Sub Committee has been inaugurated at the Professor Dora Akunyeli Women Development Center in Awka. The nine Man committee inaugurated…
By Damilola Okeowo Albino Foundation of Nigeria has said that majority of People Living with Albinism, PWA, in Nigeria suffer a high level of discrimination in the country. In a…
USAID-Office Of Transitional Initiative (OTI) Under The Nigerian Early Recovery Initiative (NERI) Donated Computers and Office Equipments to Plateau State Disability Rights Commission at the Office Complex In Jos on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has registered a total of 22,229 voters in Kwara since the beginning of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in June. The INEC Resident Electoral…
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Rep, Sightsavers Hold Retreat On Modalities To Better The Lives Of Persons With Disabilities.
The House Committee Chairman on persons with disabilities, the Honorable Member Representing Isiala Mbano, Onuimo, Okigwe Federal Constituency, Hon. Princess Miram Onuoha in collaboration with Sightsavers organized a two day…
From Noah Ebije Director General, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Issa Aremu has said that establishment of the National Commission on Disability Affairs (NCDA) by President…