Mr. Obioha Ononogbu, the National Chairman of the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN), had passed away on December 1st, 2021. Mr. Ononogbu will be laid to rest this Friday, January 7, 2022, at Umu ndi Anyaogu, Umuachama Autonomous Community Amamba, Uzuakoli in Bende LGA of Abia State. Until...
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has conferred the Defender of Justice Award to Comrade David O. Anyaele, Executive Director Centre for Citizens with Disabilities and Convener, Coalition of Disability Organisations in Nigeria. The Award which was conferred to Comrade Anyaele at the Annual General Conference of...
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has congratulated the Executive Director of the Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Mr David Anyaele for a meticulous report on the assessment of compliance to the Disability Act as administered on line Ministries, Extra Ministerial Departments...
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) pays a courtesy visit to the office of the State Secretary to Kaduna State Government as part of the #Upright4Nigeria Campaign Currently ongoing in the state. Musa Aboro who spoke for CCD said the organization is working to promote the right of people...
An NGO, Centre For Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) on Wednesday organized a training programme for people with disabilities in Kaduna State to strengthen and build their capabilities to resist corruption and demand for accountability in governance. The Executive Director of the CCD, Mr. David Ayaele said at the opening of...
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders to begin to respond to disability issues. The Executive Director, CCD, Mr. David O. Anyaele made the call when the group paid a courtesy visit to the INEC office in Umuahia, Abia...
As part of its effort to strengthen the capacity of persons with disabilities to ensure transparency and demand accountability at all levels of governance, the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) under the #Upright4Nigeria Campaign organized a three-day capacity building program to equip persons with disabilities with the right skills...
Communique Issued at the end of the Interactive Forum with Media Executives on the 1st Anniversary of National Disability Act held at Chelsea Hotel, Central Business District Abuja on Monday, January 13, 2020. As part of the activities to mark the first Anniversary of the passage of the Discrimination against...
January 17, 2020 is the first anniversary of the passage of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, also known as the National Disability Act. The Act was passed by the 8th session of the National Assembly and assented to by President Mohammadu Buhari on the 17th of...
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day set aside by the United Nations to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of...