The Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) has waded into the crisis rocking the Plateau State chapter of the association with the aim of resolving it. Miss Omotunde…
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Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging Association Of Persons With Disabilities (JONPWD), Leadership
Justice Othman Musa of FCT High Court, Bwari on Wednesday struck out a suit, filed by Stanley Onyebuchi and four others against Incorporated Trustees, National Association of Persons with Disabilities…
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NHRC Partners Humanitarian Affairs Ministry On Establishment Of Disability Commission
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it will partner with the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDSD) in the establishment of the National Commission…
Moved by the hardship faced by its members in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Edo State Chapter on Friday made…
The whole street came out to cheer on Tobias Weller A boy with cerebral palsy who was inspired by Captain Tom Moore to walk a marathon has said it felt…
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…