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…
Disability News
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…
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…
Osita Izunaso, Founder, Kpakpando Foundation, has commended Nigerian paralympians for their feat at the recently concluded Paralympics Games in Tokyo, Japan. Izunaso, in his commendation, said that the physically challenged…
Persons with disabilities in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State have staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands from chairman of the Local Government, Hon. Jude…
At a two-day retreat on PWDs inclusive policy held recently in Owerri, Imo State the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has expressed his…
By Fr Paul Miapkwap, The Catholic Bishop of Shendam Most Rev. Dr Philip Davou Dung on Wednesday donated wheelchairs to persons with physical disabilities in the diocese to facilitate their…
By Hassan Ibrahim The Christopher Blind Mission (CBM) in collaboration with Makkah Eye Specialist Hospital in Bauchi has donated food items and hygiene kits to 485 widows and other vulnerable…
If news making the rounds is something to put faith in, then Nigeria is well on its way to having a second Special College of Education. There’s reliable evidence that…
National Youth Games: Ministry Warns Against Age Cheats, False Claims Of Disability.
Ahead of the National Youth Games scheduled for October 2021 in Ilorin, Kwara State, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has warned against age cheats and other sharp…
Deaf-Blindness: Lack Of Communication And Accessibility Responsible For Classroom Exclusion – LALIF
Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation, LALIF has pinpointed a lack of communication and inaccessibility to learning facilities as major reasons teachers sideline deaf-blind children in an inclusive classroom setting. The…