Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

FG to seal offices not accessible to people living with disability

Mr. Mohammed Abba-Isa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities, has threatened that the government might close...

FAAN shuts down KFC outlet at Lagos Airport over discrimination against ex-Gov Daniel’s son

Barely 24 hours after Debola Daniel, son of former Ogun State Governor Gbenga Daniel lamented the maltreatment at a fast-food outlet at the...

Anguwan Guragu: FCT community inhabited only by people living with disabilities—a Persecondnews exclusive

In 2003, the then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, relocated all persons with disabilities (PWD) from the city...

Tinubu appoints Mohammed Isa as SSA on disability matters

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mohammed Abba Isa to serve as his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on disability matters. The...

Post-subsidy palliatives: Persons With Disabilities decry marginalization

Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Nigeria have bemoaned the federal government’s marginalization of  members in the ongoing series of engagements with stakeholders on...