The Deputy Governor of Ogun state, Her Excellency, Alhaja chief Mrs Noimot Salako Oyedele, has said that the government is planning to empower persons with disability and institute a vocational…
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Anambra State Government sets capacity building workshop for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities.
The Anambra state Office of the Governor on Disability matters in collaboration with the Anambra State joint national association of persons with Disabilities(Jonapwd) organized a one day capacity building workshop…
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Inclusive Education: Daughters of Charity mobilizes POs, People with Disabilities, Other Relevant Stakeholders, Plans to get Govt fully Implement the Policy
On the 1st and 2nd of August, 2019, Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, Province of Nigeria as a strategic partner organization (SPO) of Liliane Fonds organized a…
Resident doctors at the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, have commenced an indefinite strike to protest the shortage of medical personnel in the hospital. The strike followed their resolution at…
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NGO Advocates For Access To Universal Health Care And Maternity Services For Deaf Women And Girls.
The Chairman of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Abuja Chapter, Mrs Helen Udoye Baylolu-Alase has opined that the recognition and promotion of sign language to gain access to quality…
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday in Abuja says it supported 700,000 malnourished children in the country with Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) as at December 2018. The Chief Nutritionist, UNICEF…
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Persons With Disabilities demand inclusion in ministerial list; want quick implementation of Disability Bill (photo)
Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, a non-governmental organisation, has expressed concern about the exclusions of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the ministerial list of the present administration. In a news conference in…
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Idoma-born Lawson Ogamenyi becomes first deaf person to graduate from UNIJOS (Photos)
The story of Ode Lawson Ogamenyi is inspiring. It reminds one that determination is truly success. Lawson, despite his hearing hiccups; broke the jinx and became the first deaf graduate…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged molestation and rape of minors at the FCT School of the Blind, Jabi, Abuja. This was sequel to a unanimous adoption…
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Kwara’s budget review holds in special needs school; Governor denies spending money without appropriation
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday directed top civil servants to meet him at the state’s school of special needs for their budget review meeting. In what was a…
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has urged the public to desist from giving alms to disabled persons who are begging on the streets. According…
Doctors and other health personnel at the 16 General Hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are working themselves out as they take a minimum of 1,000 deliveries monthly through…
The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, took to her Twitter handle to condemn the alleged sexual assault of some blind female students by their teachers in FCT School for the…
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Speaker Gbajabiamila appoints 49-year-old physically challenged, 26 others into sensitive positions
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of the House of Representatives has announced the appointment of Abdulsalam Idowu Kamaldeen, a physically challenged man, as one of his special assistants. Kamaldeen, who suffered polio…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says no fewer than 50,000 children are yet to be reached with wild polio vaccine in some parts of North-East Nigeria, due…