In the final press statement issued at the end of the consultative meeting with Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) on the anti-corruption fight in Nigeria organized by the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities on Friday, June 7, 2019, at Grand Central Hotel, Kano, Kano State. The Centre for Citizens...
Persons with disabilities in Abia have appealed to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to intervene in ensuring the easy passage of the state disability bill intended to protect them from discrimination and other harmful practices. The appeal was contained in a communique issued at the end of a one-day stakeholders’ forum on...
The Lagos State Government is set to empower 1000 Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) with grants of N100, 000 each, motorized wheelchairs, adapted laptops for the visually impaired and other assistive devices. The grants will be released through the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA). LASODA’s Director, Monitoring and Evaluation,...
Disabilities Act: Stakeholders to engage NGOs, MDAs on domestication (By Diana Omueza) Uyo (Akwa-Ibom) April 11, 2019 (NAN) Stakeholders in the fight for the implementation of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act say they are set to engage other stakeholders on the domestication of the Act. The stakeholders said...
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. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a one day Post 2019 General Elections Experience Sharing on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu was...
People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) have lamented their inability to access most polling units during the general elections of February 23 and March 9 in Enugu state. The PWDs, who were participants at a workshop and voted at the just-concluded elections, were of the view that although most of them...
Enugu – The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) an NGO, has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to gazette the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Law. The Executive Director of CCD, Mr David Anyaele, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
#TrackNigeria – The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has decried the absence of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials for the deaf and hearing impaired persons for the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. These materials are to assist the deaf or persons with hearing impairment in understanding the voting process....
Dear Sir/Ma’am, We are pleased to inform you that CCD, through its project on Campaign for Equal Voting Access for Persons with Disabilities (EVA4PWDs) will be observing the Feb. 23 General Elections through the deployment of male and female persons with disabilities as election observers in seven (Lagos, Abia, Kano,...
A group, the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities calls for Equal Voting Access for Persons with Disabilities. The Group in a statement to Leadership Weekend said “it is the expectation of Nigerians with disabilities that INEC will eliminate all barriers that hinder persons with disabilities from participating in the electoral...