About 31 students with Disabilities in Ekiti state have received N60,000 each from the disbursement of a sum of N96,140,000.00 as scholarship award to 469 indigene students of the State…
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FG pledges support to development strides as physical rehabilitation centre opens in Maiduguri
By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government is committed to supporting developmental strides in university teaching hospitals and other health institutions in the…
Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has approved the disbursement of a sum of N96,140,000.00 as scholarship award to 469 students of the state origin in tertiary institutions…
By CECILIA OLOGUNAGBA International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to rehabilitate 2,000 persons with physical disability patients at the newly inaugurated Physical Rehabilitation Centre (PRC) in Maiduguri in…
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Commissioner lauds Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s support for LASODA, PWDs as LASODA holds sensitisation programme
By Olabode Adeyeri The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs has organised the Year 2020 Sensitisation Programme on Special Children with Disabilities tagged ‘Caring for Special Needs Children: Our Collective…
As part of efforts towards improving the standard of living of Persons With Disabilities (PWD), the Lagos State Government has empowered 10 persons with physical Disabilities members of the Lagos…
The centre for Infrastructural and Technological Advancement for the Blind (CITAB), has called on the Ogun State Government to include students with visual impairment in the plan for free internet…
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Gov. Lalong Inaugurates James Lalu As Head of Committee on Youth Engagements, Priorities and Inclusion
The Chairman, Northern States Governors’ Forum, Governor Barr. Simon Bako Lalong has inaugurated National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Executive Secretary, James Lalu as Chairman of the Committee on Youth…
The United Nations is being urged by campaigners round the world to ensure more women with disabilities are elected to positions of leadership. Sightsavers Nigeria is urging their UN representative…
By Okwe Obi, Abuja An NGO, Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI), has appealed to the Federal Government to include sign language as part of the requirements for teachers, and that…
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Chief Burki Bags Chieftaincy Title, Distributes Wheelchairs, Crutches in Kawel and Mandar Wards of Bokkos LGA.
Director of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Center, Jos , Chief Ayuba Burki Gufwan has been bestowed with a chieftaincy title by the Kwakas Community in Kawel – Mushere, Bokkos…
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PWDs were included as 78,000 People Benefit From National Social Investment Programmes In Bauchi
4,000 women to get N20,000 one-off grant By Kehinde Akintola No fewer than 78,000 people in Bauchi State have so far benefitted from the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs). The…
By Rotimi Ojomoyela— Ado-Ekiti Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has called on the Federal Government to consider the creation of a special…
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SSA to President on Disability Affairs Nominate Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki for “Pillar of Disability In Nigeria” Award.
Dr. Samuel Ankeli, the Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the President on Disabilities has shortlisted erstwhile Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki as a recipient of the ‘Pillar of Disability in…
By POLYCARP AUTA A polio survivor in Jos, Mr Makop Dan, has appealed to the Plateau Government to provide free education and scholarship for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the…