The General Manager, Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Mr. Ogundairo Oluwadamilare, has called on local government authorities in the state to set up a disability desk that would…
Special Olympics Nigeria (SON) has successfully concluded the Unified Sports programme sponsored by Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF). The SNF unified sports programme is a school and community based initiative of…
Olusola Owonikoko has been named as one of the seven global finalists in the 2021 UK Study Global Impact Award. The UK Study Award is hosted annually by the British…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expanded the polling units in Enugu State from 2,958 to 4,147 polling units to create easy access to polling units in the state.…
A Deaf Teacher, Malam Ismail Abdullahi has thanked Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala A. Mohammed for his Ramadan generousity to Disability Communities across the 20 Local Government Areas of the…
• As Gbajabiamila assures Nigerians of provision of qualitative health care delivery The member representing Ede North and Ede South in the House of Representatives, Hon Bamidele Salam (PDP-OSUN) on…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, has said that government plans to commission a modern 500-bed capacity mental healthcare facility for admission and rehabilitation of psychiatric patients. Abayomi made…
No fewer than 426 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) were recorded between Jan. and Nov. 2020 in Sokoto State. The Chief Executive Officer, Save The Child Initiative (STCI), Abdulganiyu Abubakar,…
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Wednesday, admonished government at all levels in Nigeria to ensure justice for victims and survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country. The global organisation…
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Senate Resolutions On 5-Year Post-Covid Intervention For Nigerians With Disabilities, Timely And Appropriate.
By Comrade Muhammed Abba Isa The Nigerian Senate was yet again on media space yesterday, Tuesday 4th, May 2021, albeit this time, for good reasons. The red chamber received encomiums…
Dr. Irene Patrick Ogbogu has called for active inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the planning and decision making processes on Gender Based Violence, GBV policies to enhance possibilities of…
Hon Iheanacho Fortune, SENDA ZC South-East Association of the Deaf (SENDA) has inaugurated a BOT Committee. The new committee is to resume its constitutionally assigned duties in line with the…
*Holds month-long free hearing screening By Chioma Obinna The Chief Executive Officer of the International Hearing Centre Nigeria, IHC, Dr. Irene Okeke-Igbokwe has tasked Nigerians on regular hearing checks to…
The United Nations has disclosed that no fewer than 22,000 Nigerian children get infected with HIV annually. The UN system made the statement on Tuesday, at the National dialogue meeting…
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Senate urges Buhari to provide five-year post-COVID intervention for Nigerians with Disabilities
The Senate, on Tuesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to provide a five-year post COVID-19 special intervention programme for Nigerians living with various types of disabilities. This was just as it…