There are high hopes that the Disability Bill in Sokoto State will soon become a law as it passed its second reading at the State House of Assembly on Friday.…
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INEC To Set Up Desk Officers In 12 States To Assist Data Gathering Of Voters With Disabilities
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it will set up PWD desk officers in 12 States of the Federation to aid the gathering of data of voters with disabilities…
Malam Aminu Tudun Wada The Joint association of people living with disabilities says they were excluded from Palliatives distribution during the COVID 19 lockdown in Kano State North-Western Nigeria. The…
BY JOSHUA ODEYEMI About 260, 000 children with different disabilities are not presently receiving basic education in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports have indicated. According to UNICEF, about 95%…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Southwest APC zonal Leader, Prince, Paul Adelabu, a person with physical Disability as a member of the National Campaign Council for the…
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SEDDA Laments Lack Of Employment Opportunities, Access To Schools For Deaf People
The Suleja Emirate Deaf Development Association (SEDDA) has lamented the lack of employment opportunities as well as primary schools in the area to enable deaf persons integrate in their immediate…
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Edo governorship election: INEC trains visually impaired on use of braille ballot guide
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo, on Friday trained visually impaired persons on the use of braille ballot guide to vote in the Sept. 19 governorship election in…
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Implement Policies, Programmes And Laws To Ensure Total Inclusion – Blind Expert Tasks FG
PWDs Celebrity of the Week 003: Olufemi S.A. Bayode’s story like other stories is inspiring. He lost his sight before he could write his external examinations. For him, the situation…
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Beautiful Gate Distributes Fertilizers to Windows/Orphans in Barkin Ladi, Riyom LGAs
Widows, Orphans and Widowers in Barkin Ladi & Riyom LGAs received farming input (fertilizers) from Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre Jos. The intervention was to assist them in their farming…
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APC Appoints Two Persons With Disabilities Into Campaign Council For Ondo Guber Election
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed two persons living with disabilities, Mr. Joseph Dakop, a person with physical Disability and Haruna Tsafe, Deaf as members of the National Campaign…
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Nigerians Rally Round Physically Challenged Orphan As Good Samaritan Buys New Wheelchair
The stanza in the Nigerian National Anthem, ‘Arise O Compatriots’ came alive recently as Nigerians from different walks of life rallied round a physically challenged girl, Ginika, as a good…
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Obasa partners Virtual Entrepreneur to train 70,000 Lagosians, Persons with Disabilities
Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly. The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa is to partner Virtual Entrepreneurship on a five-day online workshop, aimed at…
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma has pledged his commitment to protect the interest of Northerners living in the State as well as Persons living with Disabilities (PWDs). Uzodinma, spoke…
Following the broadcast of the outcry of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities by Radio Nigeria Positive FM News on the governor’s promised appointment letters to 30 of…
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Int’l Youth Day: CCD Tasks Buhari, Minister On Implementation Of PWD, Youth Policy Acts
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s edition of International Youth Day, a call has gone out to the President, Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister…