By D’yong Mangut. As part of efforts towards assisting People with Disability, The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen has donated food and learning materials to…
Disability News
Senate Urges FG To Adequately Fund National Commission For Persons With Disabilities
Advises NCPWDs to remember those who contributed immensely to the passage of Disability ACT By Sanni Onogu, Abuja The Senate on Monday urged the Federal Government to adequately fund the…
PWDs in Anambra Conclude Activities Marking 2020 IDPDs With Church Service In Awka.
By Chibuzor Okoye Anambra state community of persons with disabilities on Sunday, 6th Dec. 2020 ended the activities lined up for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPDs)…
House of Reps to give firm legislative backing to Nigerian Disability Commission — Barr Idowu Kamaldeen
Special Adviser to the Speaker on Disability Matters, Barrister Idowu Kamaldeen By Abayomi Adeshida, ABUJA Speaker House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila will provide legislative support through the recently inaugurated…
TESCOM Recruitment: Persons With Disabilities Protest, Allege Shortchanging Of Members
Hundreds of persons with disabilities in Oyo State on Monday morning expressed their displeasure over shortlisting of names for the teaching recruitment of the state Post Secondary School Teaching Service…
By Douglas Izuchukwu, INN Reporter The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Hon James Lalu has promised to promote sign language in Nigeria, making it widely…
Ability In Disability (AID) has officially launched it’s talent hunt contest in commemoration of the International Day of Persons With Disabilities. Winner is expected to take home a grand prize…
NAWOJ Kano State Chapter joins the rest of the world to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) The day is annually observed on the 3rd of December to…
NNAD Celebrates IDPWDs, Thanks PMB for Assenting to, and implementing the Disability Act through the NCPWDs
By Douglas Izuchukwu, INN Reporter The Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD), while celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, thanked President Buhari for signing and implementing the…
Gbajabiamila would continue to work for Implementation of Nigerians with Disabilities Law — Barr Idowu Kamaldeen
By Abayomi Adeshida, ABUJA Speaker House of Representatives, Honorable Femi Gbajabiamila has declared his commitment to exploring all legislative means to work with the other arms of government to ensure…
Speaker of the State of Osun House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, has promised a speedy passage of the People With Disability Bill before the House. He said in a statement…
By Collins Nweze The Disability and Covid Second Global Town Hall Meeting in Commemoration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities took place on the 3rd of December 2020…
By Dennis Agbo The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu state, has provided more ramps, drop and pick arena with wheelchair bay and other disability-friendly infrastructure for persons…
VDI Advocates For Accessible Quality Education That Leaves No Students With Disabilities Behind in FCT.
Douglas Izuu, INN Reporter Voice of Disability Initiative, VDI in partnership with Disability Rights Funds (DRF) marked the International Day of Persons With Disabilities (IDPWDs) in an eventful workshop organized…
Players of Paradise Club Para-Soccer team in Calabar have appealed to the Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare to include para-soccer in the forthcoming National Sports Festival (NSF) to be…