Tag: persons with disabilities

Stakeholders at an environmental justice roundtable called on oil firms and regulators to convert flare gas into electricity for Akwa ...

Mr Ganduje decried the marginalisation of persons with disabilities in Northern Nigeria, linking it to widespread street begging.

The directive introduces a mandatory booking-stage accessibility feature aimed at strengthening passenger protection and ensuring compliance with national aviation regulations.

Yet, six years later, the Act has had little impact, leaving an estimated 27 million Nigerians with disabilities struggling to ...

The establishment of the Board follows the recent amendment of the State law designed to safeguard the rights of persons ...

The group attributed the underrepresentation to the refusal of PWDs to declare their disability at the time of registration.

Nigerian lawmakers ignore the fact that they are violating the law but want to probe others for violating the same ...

The groups said they will work with other civil organisations to ensure adequate representation of PWDs in governance.

Professor Falola delivering the 2023 Audrey Richards Distinguished Public Lecture, University of Cambridge. The level of diversity in Africa has ...

The bill, when signed into law, will ensure total elimination of all forms of discrimination and abuses persons with disabilities ...

The space, a live audio conversation on the social medium- Twitter, explored the myths, problems and ways to achieve inclusiveness ...

The persons with disabilities occupied the offices of both the governor and his deputy, Benedict Alabi, by sitting at the ...

INEC says 8,631,696 registrants have completed their registrations.

The INEC meeting was aimed at fashioning the mechanism for capturing the data of persons with disabilities in the country.

December 3 every year is observed all over the world as International Day for Persons with Disabilities.

An official says the survey would be launched on December 3

The delegate representing persons living with disability urged President Jonathan to sign disability bill. Persons Living with Disability on Tuesday ...

19 million Nigerians afflicted with various disabilities The Nigeria Association of the Blind has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and his ...