Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.
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Chikumega Nwanga, an indigene of Ebonyi State, was posted to the Ministry of Special Duties, Lafia for his primary assignment.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, revealed this in Abuja on Friday.
The group’s Assistant Programme Officer in the State, Tosin Aniramu, said this while addressing newsmen.
Shittu gave the advice at the 2nd Mohammed Fawehinmi Annual Lecture and 1st Scholarship Award held at the Nigeria Law Publication House, Ikeja on Friday.
NAPTIP Commander, Benin Zonal Office, Nduka Nwawenene, said the sensitisation became necessary as more PWDs were becoming victims of human trafficking and organ harvesting.
According to CCD, which is an NGO, disaster is always inclusive and does not discriminate, as such when it occurs, it disproportionately affects persons with disabilities and their families in vulnerable situations.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Dr Sani Gwarzo, stated this at a symbolic presentation of the NHIS Identity Cards to the beneficiaries, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The training in soap, bleach and paint making, was organised in partnership with the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Edo chapter.
The Judiciary had mandated INEC to extend the period of the Continuous Voter Registration from the end of June 2022.
The Institute’s Country Director, Steven Snook, gave the advice during a town hall meeting with PWDs Tuesday in Osogbo, the State capital.
Vivian Ezeonwumelu, Chairperson, ASAA, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka.
The Bishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria polled 330 votes to defeat his rival, Otisi Ukiwe, on Saturday.
Dr Nwachuku Orji, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra, stated this during a voter sensitisation programme for visually impaired persons on Sunday, in Awka.
INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Anambra State, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, made the pledge in Awka on Saturday.
The party’s national secretary, Mr James Vernimbe, said this in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.
Rev. Sr. Fidelia Unigwe, the National Coordinator of Child Empowerment Programme, an NGO of the organisation, made the plea on Wednesday in Abuja, during its “Disability Learning Exchange’’ programme.
The Executive Director of IFA, Grace Jerry, who made the call during a press conference in Lokoja on Friday, also called on the commission to provide materials that would aid smooth participation of other categories of physically-challenged persons in the election.
In a statement signed on Monday by its President and Lagos-based lawyer, Daniel Onwe, ALDIN said the objective of the advocacy would be to make the court environment, its procedures and policing system inclusive of PWDs.
The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Wednesday said measures had been put in place to ensure seamless voting for People With disabilities in the 2019 general elections.