The Center for Infrastructural and Technological Advancement for the Blind (CITAB), has taken a swipe at the Federal Government and its agencies for not involving representatives of each disability group as part of the various government committees since the beginning of the CoronaVirus Pandemic. The chairman of the group, Jolomi Fenemigho lamented the non-inclusion of […]
Physically challenged people in Bauchi State have lamented that contrary to their expectations, Bauchi State government has not deemed it fit to consider their plights almost a year after assumption into office. The Bauchi State Chapter Secretary for Physically Challenged Association of Nigeria, Buhari Adamu Jamda, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with our […]
The wife of Governor of Anambra State and founder of Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), an NGO, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, has called on Ndi Anambra to make 2020, a year of inclusiveness and shared communal values through conscious recognition of the potentials and contributions of the physically challenged, the less privileged and promotion of values […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday called on the public and private sectors to increase employment quotas of qualified physically challenged Nigerians to fill various positions in different organisations. Sanwo-Olu stated this at the graduation ceremony of Bethesda Home for the Blind and the grand finale of activities to mark year 2019 International […]
People living with disabilities in the country have been advised to think deeply on how to contribute actively to the economic growth of the country. In a press statement made available to Daily Times, by the Chairman of Federal Civil Service Staff With Disabilities Cooperatives, Alhaji AbdulRauf O. Iliasu during a weekly empowerment training for […]
The Association of Physically Challenged Persons in Anambra State have expressed gratitude to Governor Willie Obiano his support to them. The association said this during a press briefing held at the Government House, Awka recently. At the briefing, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Disability Matters, Mr. Chuks Ezewuzie, said “disabled people are a vulnerable […]
Just as the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, is set to re-constitute his cabinet, the physically challenged persons in the state have thanked him for appointing some of their members in his last set of aides. However, they have requested that more of such appointments and gestures be extended to them. Coming under the […]
Hundreds of beggars and physically challenged people, on Tuesday, held Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, hostage while protesting an alleged dehumanisation by the state government. The protesters who practically shut down the entrance into both the governor’s office and the Lagos State House of Assembly, also held civil servants at both offices hostage. The […]