Lagos – Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has urged stakeholders to adopt the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act as a major tool towards the effective implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act. Mr. David, Anyaele, Executive Director of the group said this on Thursday at a...
Kaduna tasked on disability bill People with Disabilities (PWDs) under the umbrella of Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD) have said that corruption in government affects their welfare in the society.They, therefore, urged the Kaduna State government to facilitate the endorsement of the People with Disability Bill presently...
A Non Governmental Organisation, Centre For Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has began advocacy campaign to sensitize people with disabilities on the effects of corruption on their lives. CCD said that the aim was to empower them to track government programmes particularly those directly affecting them to ensure the desired outcome....
The Kano State Head of Service, Dr. Kabiru Shehu has said that the state government under the leadership of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje was committed to the development of people with disabilities in the state. Dr. Shehu made this known on Tuesday during a one day workshop for people with special...
The Centre for Citizens with Disability (CCD) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sustain priority voting for Persons with Disability (PWDs) in the Nov. 16 Kogi and Bayelsa governorship elections. Mr. David Anyaele, the Executive Director of the group, said this in an interview with News Agency...
Persons living with disabilities in Ekiti State have called on the state government to step up efforts to enable them to have access to health care at a subsidized rate. The Secretary-general of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities in Ekiti State, Mr. Funso Olajide, who lamented unacceptable...
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...