Dr. Adebukola Adebayo The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Lagos State Chapter has urged the State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to show more commitment to the issues…
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JONAPWD Protests As Abia Lawmaker Refuses Physically Challenged From Heading Committee
Hon. Ginger Onwusibe The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) in Abia State has kicked against the decision of a lawmaker at the Abia State House of Assembly…
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11 Months After, PWDs In Kogi Appeal To Bello To Implement Disability Rights Law
Person Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Kogi State have appealed to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello to implement the Disability Right Bill into Law, 11 months after he had…
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Covid-19: JONAPWD Urges PTF To Adopt Coordinated Approach For Inclusive Intervention.
The Board of Trustees of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has urged the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to adopt strategies that will ensure no strata…
There is a school of thought that believes that the Disability Right Act is just merely about the one million naira fine against individuals and corporate bodies that discriminate against…
Dr. Adebukola Adebayo, Chairman JONAPWD Lagos The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has expressed concerns that governments at all level in Lagos were paying lip service to…
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COVID-19: Kaduna-based Persons With Disabilities Decry Exclusion, Discrimination In Distribution Of Relief Materials
The Kaduna State Chapter of Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has expressed disappointment over the non inclusion of person with disabilities in the State Government’s planned distribution…
The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) Lagos State chapter, has appealed to Lagos and federal government to rethink the process of COVID-19 intervention programme to also provide…
By Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A caregiver to people living with Down Syndrome, Kabiru Wasiu, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for allegedly defiling a…
About 50 million Nigerians suffer some form of mental disorder it was learnt on Wednesday. Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe, disclosed this in his lead debate on…
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Leroy Moore is on a mission to showcase African disabled musicians
Leroy Moore, who has been an activist for black artists with disabilities since the 1990s, uses his music and writing to share the experience of being a black, disabled man.…
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Video: Anthony Joshua fetes with physically challenged in Lagos
Former undisputed World Heavyweight Champions, Anthony Joshua was at the Modupe Home for the mentally and physically challenged on Wednesday, 17/07/2019, to fete with them and give them sense of…
The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) and Mind Freedom Ghana in collaboration with Star Ghana have organized a two-day workshop in Takoradi for community psychiatric nurses and operators of traditional…
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Kenyan-Born Woman Weds Her Disabled Australian Man; Tells her story (photos).
After a string of conversations via WhatsApp, finally I got a perfect timing to talk to Susan Njogu Eling together with her husband Phillip Eling. She is miles away in…
Kazakh police on Tuesday detained a woman with cerebral palsy as she protested against the daughter of former strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev for calling people with disabilities “freaks”, local media reported.…