The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, says the ministry will empower 20 youth with disabilities from the North West Zone to be self reliant and discourage…
The All Progressives Congress candidate for the Oct. 31 Lagos East Senatorial by-election, Mr Tokunbo Abiru, says he will work with other lawmakers to champion the empowerment of persons with…
It may sound outlandish that the visually impaired trains people in arts and crafts. That is the story of 58-year-old Madam Christiana Kehinde Akinrinmade, the proprietor of Chrisken Training Centres.…
Disability News
Group Urges Buhari To Jail Corrupt Govt Officials Stealing From Persons With Disabilities
BY EDIRI OYIBO The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has proffered the jailing of corrupt government officials as the most potent way to scare others away from…
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Lawyer With Disability Tasks NBA On Improved Access To Opportunities For ALDIN Members
A Lawyer with Disability has tasked the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to ensure better opportunities for its members. Yusuf Iyodo, a member of Association of Lawyers with Disabilities (ALDIN) and…
A group, Count Disability Coalition, has reacted to the news of the approval for the release of funds to the National Population Commission (NPC) and the inclusion of additional funds…
..Urges INEC To Address Challenges Of PWDs During Elections The Executive Director of the Centre for Citizens With Disabilities (CCD) David Anyaele has expressed concerns that the office of the…
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IFA Commends INEC Conduct Of Ondo Guber Election For Voters With Disabilities, Urges Commission To Address Grey Areas
The Inclusive Friends Association, IFA has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for successfully conducting the Ondo Governorship Election on Saturday, especially for voters with disabilities. IFA, in a…
Disability News
EVAPWD Commends INEC for Priority Voting, Laments Inaccessible Polling Units for PWDs at Ondo Governorship election
Equal Voting Access for Persons with Disabilities (EVAPWD), a programme of the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Polling Units Official…
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UN Appoints Gerard Quinn As Special Rapporteur On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities
Professor Gerard Quinn has been appointed the new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). Gerard Quinn is professor emeritus in law at the National…
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COVID-19: Deaf in Diaspora Distributes food items to over 50 Deaf People in Badagry.
A deaf man in Diaspora, Kehinde Akinosi, has distributed food items to over 50 Deaf group in Badagry. The distribution of the palliative was to cushion the effect of coronavirus…
Disability News
Indigent citizens, PWDs, less-privileged persons get CACOVID-19 palliatives in Ogun State
The Ogun State government, in collaboration with the Nigerian Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CA-COVID), has provided palliatives to indigent citizens, persons with Disabilities and less privileged to ameliorate the…
by Tunde Ososanya A bride born without legs, Rosie Babor, ditched her wheelchair to walk down the aisle in a heartwarming video that has gone viral on social media. She…
Disability News
Ondo Election: CCD urges INEC to encourage Deaf voters to come with personal Interpreters to the polling unit
By Matthew Ogune (Abuja) and Rotimi Agboluaje (Ibadan) The Executive Director of Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), David Anyaele, has called for inclusion of persons with disabilities in Saturday’s…
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Help the Hard Worker competition: NGO urges PWDs, Women, Youths to contest as fish seller wins entrepreneurship prize
A Rivers State-based undergraduate, Destiny Abraham Nelson has emerged winner of the ‘Help the Hard Worker’ Competition organized by Princewill’s Tust for Entrepreneurs, a Non-governmental organization that empowers the undeserved…