The Chairman, House Committee on Persons with disabilities, Hon. Princess Miriam Onuoha alongside her colleagues investigated the alleged unwarranted discriminations against persons with disabilities by Airline operators in Nigeria. In…
The Federal Government has set in place plans to recruit 600 qualified graduates and Persons with Disabilities into the federal civil service and have reached the advanced stage, the Senior…
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has said that People With Disabilities (PWDs) are not benefitting maximally from the Lagos State Special People’s Law 2010. It said that there…
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Discrimination: CCD tasks Sanwo-Olu on immediate implementation of state special peoples Law 2010
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, has called on Lagos State Governor, Mr. Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, to ensure immediate implementation of the State Special…
By Festus Zenda, Abuja Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, DWAI, a Non profit organization based in the Federal Capital Territory, has in her capacity, with support from Disability Rights Fund, (DRF)…
•Participants at the event Disability rights advocate, Fatimah Salahdeen-Omoyele, has launched a book aimed at addressing the needs of persons with albinism. The author, Mrs Salahdeen-Omoyele said the book tells…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Yobe Government are to collaborate in the training of 70 healthcare personnel on mental health in the 17 Local government areas of the…
No less than 500 Bauchi PWDs have been trained on poultry farming skills and subsequently empowered with need core start-up materials by Advocate for Disability Inclusion Initiative (ADII). The participants,…
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CCD, TAF, other CSOs Petition Senate Over Lauretta Onochie’s Nomination As INEC Commissioner
About Eleven Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including Organisations of people with Disability, OPDs have petitioned the Senate resisting the appointment of Ms Lauretta Onochie as Commissioner at the Independent National…
By Umar Muhammed No fewer than 20 physically challenged as well as vulnerable persons have been registered for the ongoing Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Obi Local Government…
By Moses Emorinken Relevant stakeholders and sickle cell survivors have advocated for an increase in awareness about sickle cell disorder, the elimination of negative notions associated with it, and the…
The Okobaba Destitute Home, located in the heart of Ebute-Metta, Lagos was flocked by associates of Vatebra Limited, when they carried out their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with Food for…
The President, Nigerian National Association of the Deaf, NNAD, Dr. Chidi Olujie Topaz has yet again got recognition for his humanitarian gestures toward deaf persons in the country and for…
Though unsung for raising the stakes in track and field competitions, the exploits of these athletes with disabilities speak volumes nonetheless, writes Gbenga Ogundare. Can you imagine the audacity of…
The current facility serving as the Anambra State Home for Mentally Challenged at Nteje is a creation of the Obiano Administration following Executive Council directive that the Ministry of Social…