Access Nigeria, a Dsability Rights movement led by Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) has, in a campaign tagged: “Disability Votes Matters” urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stand by…
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I greet you all Ndi Anambra with Special Ability. First, I hereby express my profound gratitude to you all for your unflinching support through out the period of this campaign.…
The Beautiful Gate Handicap People Center Jos has commended the management of Jay FM Jos for making its Office complex accessible to Wheelchair Users. In a statement issued by the…
The Executive Director of Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, Mr David Obinna Anyaele on the 5th of November , 2021 bagged the patriotic leadership award presented to him by…
By Fortune Eromosele In a bid to cushion the heightened spate of poverty, hunger, a Non-Governmental organisation, Mee and Cee Foundation, has opted to provide solace to disabled persons living…
Lalu Submits 2021 Appropriation, Seeks Senate Intervention On Waiver For Employment Of PWDs
In fulfilment of the appropriation Act of the National Assembly, the Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr James David Lalu has made an explicit submission of the…
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAWD), on Tuesday, commended Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for donating the N10 million awarded to him as damages by a…
Seyi Makinde A group of Physically challenged people in Oyo state under the aegis of Authentic People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Disability Vanguard has vowed to mobilise not less than one…
By Awesome Ekene Executive Director of Inclusive Friends Association and Convener Access Nigeria Disability Vote Matter campaign, Grace Jerry, said a total of 200 persons with disabilities would be deployed…
2 men docked for allegedly abducting, defiling 16-year-old girl with disability in Badagry
Two men were on Monday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 16-year-old girl with disability. The police charged Aro Akeem,20; and Babatunde…
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has expressed displeasure over the none inclusion of persons with disabilities in the leadership positions of the People’s Democratic Party in the just concluded…
Since the dawn of democracy in 1999, the case of Anambra state has remained confounding in deciding who occupies the apex political office in the state. Doubtlessly, the controversy and…
Disability Summit: Epelle, Anyaele, Danlami, Ekaete, others among twin committee inaugurated by NCPWD
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for persons with Disability (NCPWD), Mr. James Lalu, has said that the commission would bring together the disability community to strategize on enhancing their lives…
To attract more foreign candidates into Nigerian tertiary institutions and broaden inclusiveness, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the managements of tertiary institutions across the country are set…
NCPWD inaugurates committee on disability summit, charges them to attract global recognition and inclusivity
At the inauguration of the Committee for International Summit on Disabilities held yesterday, 1st November, 2021 in Abuja, the Executive Secretary National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David…