The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it did not exclude people living with disability in its ongoing recruitment process. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs…
The Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD), an umbrella for persons living with disability (PLWD) has threatened to drag the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to court for…
LEADERSHIPNGO/CSOsPersons with physical disabilityPolitics
CCD Celebrates 100 Days Of Assent To Disability Law, Calls For Implementation
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has called for quick implementation of the National Disability Law as it celebrated the 100 Days of assent to the bill by President Muhammadu…
The governance crisis rocking the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) following the failed election of November 2018 is taken a woeful turn on the image of…
Dare Dairo, chairman of the Lagos state chapter of the national association of persons living with physical disabilities (NAPWPD), has called on Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor-elect of Lagos state, to…
LEADERSHIPNGO/CSOsPolitics
DISABILITIES ACT: GROUP RAISES FIVE (5) FOCAL POINTS, TO SEE TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION
Although, the passage into Law of the Disabilities Act has been commended and the National Assembly (NASS) and the President/Presidency, praised for giving their approval and ascent to it…
Deaf clusterNGO/CSOsPolitics
Deaf Persons Hold Rally In Ekiti, Demand Sign Interpreters In Govt Agencies
The special persons under the aegis of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria have called on governments at all levels to, as a matter of urgency ,provide sign interpreters in all…
Stakeholders in the fight for the implementation of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act say they are set to engage other stakeholders on domestication of the Act. The stakeholders…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is set to formulate policies that would guarantee Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) 100 per cent inclusion in future elections. INEC Chairman, Prof.…
WorldGeneralNGO/CSOsPersons with physical disability
Physically Challenged Nigerian Elected into UN Committee
The United Nations on its 21st Session of the Committee in Geneva, Switzerland elected a physically challenged Nigerian, Mr. Danlami Basharu as the Chair, United Nations Committee on the Rights…
Persons living with disability in Bayelsa on Monday March 25, blocked the state government house, protesting over the alleged refusal of the state government to give them slots in the…
by Jerrywright Ukwu Following the signing into law of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) has launched…
A group of Person living With Disability (PWD) have rallied together and gathered resource to purchase nomination form for its All Progressive Congress disability leader, Hon. Misbahu Lawan Didi who…
NGO/CSOs
PHOTOS: CCD Visits Federal Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development On Disability Bill
As part of Centre for Citizens with Disabilities’ (CCD) efforts to mobilise State actors’ support for the Nigeria Disability Bill, CCD paid a courtesy visit to the Federal Ministry of…
EducationNGO/CSOs
Plateau State Disability Rights Commission Trains State Legislators; Government Officials On Rights Of PWDs
Commends Australian High Commissioner The plateau State Disability Rights Commission with the support of the High Commission Direct Aid Program, is providing training for Plateau State legislators and local government…