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Jonapwd Jonapwd JONAPWD is an umbrella organization of persons with disability established in Nigeria to promote the rights and development of Nigerians with disabilities.

INCLUSION IS NOT A FAVOUR. IT IS A RIGHTAt the Rights in Action ( ) Stakeholders’ Forum, Hon. Mohammed Abba Isa, Senior ...
24/09/2026

INCLUSION IS NOT A FAVOUR. IT IS A RIGHT

At the Rights in Action ( ) Stakeholders’ Forum, Hon. Mohammed Abba Isa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities, delivered a clear message:

It is time to move from advocacy to action.

Persons with disabilities must not only be consulted they must have a voice in policies, budgets and decisions that affect their lives.

From inclusive education and Nigerian Sign Language to mental health and disability rights, the commitment must translate into real action and accountability.

Nothing About Us Without Us!

Thank you Embassy of Finland in Abuja and CBM Global Disability Inclusion for your support

Photo Description: A man, Hon. Mohammed Abba Isa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities, with a short beard and rectangular glasses speaks into a handheld microphone. He wears a white traditional embroidered outfit and a black “City Boys Movement” baseball cap, with event badges around his neck. He is seated at a table with water bottles in the foreground.

Inclusive Friends Association





Good policies should be built on evidence, not assumptions. Research can reveal the barriers persons with disabilities f...
24/09/2026

Good policies should be built on evidence, not assumptions. Research can reveal the barriers persons with disabilities face in accessing digital social protection, from inaccessible systems and limited assistive technology to gaps in data and participation.

The National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) both reinforce the importance of inclusive and non-discriminatory social protection. But evidence must move beyond reports and into decision-making, informing accessibility standards, inclusive digital systems, assistive technology, capacity building, and meaningful participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities.

When evidence reflects lived realities, policy can respond to real barriers.

WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Photo description: The illustration shows a policy discussion where research findings on disability inclusion in digital social protection are being presented. Participants review evidence on digital accessibility, registration barriers, assistive technology, rural access, and OPD participation, while the screen highlights the pathway from research and evidence to informed decisions and stronger outcomes.

Learn a Digital Skill. Know Your Rights. Build Your Future.GetBundi is inviting persons with disabilities to apply fo...
23/09/2026





Learn a Digital Skill. Know Your Rights. Build Your Future.

GetBundi is inviting persons with disabilities to apply for a free 12-week Digital Skills Training Programme designed to build practical, in-demand skills and create pathways to employment, freelancing, entrepreneurship, and economic independence.

What You Will Learn: Participants will receive practical, hands-on training in:

- Digital Marketing
- Graphic Design
- Video Editing

Participants will also learn about their rights and protections under Nigeria’s Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018, helping them better understand and confidently exercise their rights in the workplace and marketplace.

Programme Highlights:

- Training Fee: 100% FREE
- Training Period: October – December 2026
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Class Schedule: 2 live classes per week, 2 hours per session
- Accessibility: Auto-captions will be available during live classes.
- Additional Support: Masterclasses and mentorship sessions

: 25 September 2026

Who Can Apply?

Applicants must:

- Be a person with a disability
- Be between 18 and 45 years old
- Be an undergraduate or graduate
- Have an interest in learning digital skills and developing their career or business opportunities
- Be willing and available to participate in the training for the full 12 weeks
- Have access to a working smartphone that can be used to participate in the online classes and other programme activities

: Completing the application form does not guarantee selection. Applicants will be selected based on the programme's eligibility and selection criteria.

How to Apply:
Complete the registration form before the deadline:

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMHdMz2Mfz6B1mSe-IB88LsMhWrdum5WPOq_7jNM7F734BhA/viewform

Photo Description: A colourful GetBundi Education Technology flyer in white, navy blue, orange, and yellow. It features a smiling young man with glasses using a laptop while seated in a wheelchair, alongside a smiling young woman holding a tablet. The flyer promotes an inclusive digital skills training opportunity. Other details are captured in the captions.

23/09/2026



What does meaningful financial inclusion look like for persons with disabilities?

It means more than having financial services available. It means ensuring that persons with disabilities can access and use those services independently, safely and with dignity, just like everyone else.

In the 10th episode of our Post-Global Disability Summit (GDS) Campaign Series, Barr. Theophilus Odaudu, Program Officer for Africa at Disability Rights Fund, explores the importance of financing for disability rights and what meaningful financial inclusion should look like for persons with disabilities.

He highlights three critical areas requiring attention:

Independent and dignified access: Financial services involve deeply personal information and transactions. When a person with a disability must depend on another person to access or manage a financial service, the accessibility of that process must be questioned.

Nothing about us without us: Persons with disabilities and their organisations bring lived experience and expertise that technical standards alone cannot provide. Financial institutions and regulators should therefore involve persons with disabilities in testing products and services before they are rolled out, rather than waiting for barriers to emerge.

Investing beyond the centre: Strengthening the disability movement requires deliberate investment in grassroots, emerging and marginalised organisations. Diverse disability experiences, particularly from rural and underserved communities, can reveal barriers that may otherwise remain invisible.

These words from Theophilus Odaudu still resonates with us:

“To strengthen the disability movement, we need to deliberately invest in grassroots, emerging, and marginalized organizations rather than assuming that national organization can automatically represent every experience.”

These points reinforce a fundamental lesson: financial inclusion cannot be meaningful if persons with disabilities are only considered after systems have been designed. Their participation, expertise and lived experiences must shape financial products, services, policies and processes from the outset, across national, local and grassroots levels.

Be a part of the complete conversation here: https://youtu.be/O555ERG4X3U?si=b3EPNHqu7lDmaUfk

Disability Rights Fund

Video Description: A man with a dark complexion is shown speaking to the camera, wearing a bright blue zip-up jacket and white wired earphones. A small inset image at the upper right shows him wearing dark sunglasses and a light-coloured striped short-sleeve shirt while speaking into a microphone. The video has JONAPWD branding and subtitles at the bottom.





Learn a Digital Skill. Know Your Rights. Build Your Future.GetBundi is inviting persons with disabilities to apply for...
22/09/2026




Learn a Digital Skill. Know Your Rights. Build Your Future.

GetBundi is inviting persons with disabilities to apply for a free 12-week Digital Skills Training Programme designed to build practical, in-demand skills and create pathways to employment, freelancing, entrepreneurship, and economic independence.

What You Will Learn: Participants will receive practical, hands-on training in:

- Digital Marketing
- Graphic Design
- Video Editing

Participants will also learn about their rights and protections under Nigeria’s Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018, helping them better understand and confidently exercise their rights in the workplace and marketplace.

Programme Highlights:

- Training Fee: 100% FREE
- Training Period: October – December 2026
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Class Schedule: 2 live classes per week, 2 hours per session
- Accessibility: Auto-captions will be available during live classes.
- Additional Support: Masterclasses and mentorship sessions

: 25 September 2026

Who Can Apply?

Applicants must:

- Be a person with a disability
- Be between 18 and 45 years old
- Be an undergraduate or graduate
- Have an interest in learning digital skills and developing their career or business opportunities
- Be willing and available to participate in the training for the full 12 weeks
- Have access to a working smartphone that can be used to participate in the online classes and other programme activities

: Completing the application form does not guarantee selection. Applicants will be selected based on the programme's eligibility and selection criteria.

How to Apply:
Complete the registration form before the deadline:

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMHdMz2Mfz6B1mSe-IB88LsMhWrdum5WPOq_7jNM7F734BhA/viewform

Photo Description: A colourful GetBundi Education Technology flyer in white, navy blue, orange, and yellow. It features a smiling young man with glasses using a laptop while seated in a wheelchair, alongside a smiling young woman holding a tablet. The flyer promotes an inclusive digital skills training opportunity. Other details are captured in the captions.

Digital social protection can open doors to essential support, but high costs can close those doors before persons with ...
22/09/2026

Digital social protection can open doors to essential support, but high costs can close those doors before persons with disabilities even get through. The cost of smartphones, internet data, transaction charges, and assistive technologies can make digital services difficult to access, particularly for people who already face economic barriers.

The National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) recognizes accessibility and affordability as important to effective social protection, while the UNCRPD calls for equal access to information and communication technologies and services. Digital inclusion therefore requires more than putting services online; it means making sure people can actually afford to use them.

The systems may be available, but if the cost is out of reach, access remains out of reach.

Photo description: The illustration shows a person with a disability sitting with a phone while a balance scale weighs social protection benefits against the costs of internet data, smartphones, transaction charges, and accessibility tools. The scale is tilted away from the person, showing how high digital costs can become a barrier to accessing social protection.

WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Every number represents a person. What are the numbers telling us about disability in ?The disability-disaggregated da...
21/09/2026



Every number represents a person. What are the numbers telling us about disability in ?

The disability-disaggregated data presented for Ogun State estimates 1,032,223 persons with disabilities across ten disability categories.

The distribution shows that persons with physical disabilities constitute the largest group, with 227,089 people, followed by persons with hearing impairments (221,928) and persons with visual impairments (210,160).

Together, these three categories account for 659,177 people, approximately 63.9% of all persons represented in the dataset.

The data further estimates 92,900 persons with albinism, 87,739 persons affected by leprosy, 77,417 persons with intellectual disabilities, and 77,417 persons with spinal cord injury. It also records 34,167 persons in other categories, 1,858 persons who are deaf-blind, and 1,548 persons with little stature.

When these figures are considered against Ogun State's 2023 projected population of 6,512,195, the persons with disabilities represented in this dataset account for approximately 15.9% of the state's population.

Put differently, the figures suggest that approximately one in every six people in Ogun State is represented in this disability data.

If data makes people visible,
action must make inclusion real.

Photo Description: A horizontal bar chart titled Ogun presents estimated numbers across ten disability categories. These are well captured in the caption.





As preparations for the 2027 elections gather momentum, inclusion must move beyond commitments to practical action.INEC ...
17/09/2026

As preparations for the 2027 elections gather momentum, inclusion must move beyond commitments to practical action.

INEC Nigeria's engagement with JONAPWD, OPDs and disability cluster heads is an important opportunity to identify barriers, strengthen accessible voter education and ensure that no eligible voter is excluded because of disability.

The National President of JONAPWD, Mr. Abdullahi A. Usman, welcomed the engagement while calling for broader and more strategic consultations with disability stakeholders. As he noted, meaningful consultation will enable Persons with Disabilities to articulate their needs, identify gaps and propose practical solutions.

Inclusive elections require accessible systems, informed voters and the meaningful participation of Persons with Disabilities.

Photo Description: Photo 1: The National President of JONAPWD, Mr. Abdullahi Aliyu Usman, stands at a podium supported by crutches, speaking into a microphone during the INEC strategic engagement. A woman sits at a table beside him, listening. A flip chart is visible in the background.
Photo 2: A group photograph of INEC officials, JONAPWD representatives, OPD leaders and other disability stakeholders seated and standing together after the strategic engagement. An INEC banner identifying the meeting is displayed prominently behind the group.

Read details here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CwtT6sLRg/

Some moments stay with us because they remind us of what inclusion truly means.As we relive moments from COSDIN 1.0, w...
17/09/2026




Some moments stay with us because they remind us of what inclusion truly means.

As we relive moments from COSDIN 1.0, we are reminded of a powerful contribution from Dr. Itia Otabor, Director, Africa Centre for Leadership Strategy and Development:

“Without any doubt, it has been proven that no country can truly develop to its full potential if any segment of that nation is neglected.”

The message was clear: national development cannot reach its full potential when any segment of society is left behind.

At COSDIN 3.0, we take this conversation further, from inclusion to influence, exploring how persons with disabilities can be repositioned for leadership, governance and meaningful participation in national development.

From the conversations that shaped COSDIN 1.0 to the influence we seek to build at COSDIN 3.0, the journey continues.

: 24 November 2026
: Abuja

Photo Description: A green-and-white promotional graphic for COSDIN 3.0, featuring Dr. Itia Otabor standing behind a podium and speaking into a microphone. A highlighted text panel carries his COSDIN 1.0 quote about the importance of including every segment of society in national development. The graphic also displays the COSDIN 3.0 theme, JONAPWD logo, and the event date and location.

16/09/2026



What does genuine health equity look like for women with disabilities?

It means recognising that women with disabilities are women first and ensuring that disability does not become a reason to overlook their rights, autonomy, dignity or healthcare needs.

In this segment of our Post-Global Disability Summit (GDS) Campaign Series, Amb. Freky Andy Ndifreke Andrew-Essien (FAECARE Foundation) highlights some of the systemic, attitudinal and procedural barriers that women with disabilities continue to encounter when accessing maternal, reproductive and other essential health services.

Beyond physical accessibility, she draws attention to the need for healthcare systems to address:

- Respect and recognition: Women with disabilities must be treated first and foremost as women with the same rights to maternal and reproductive healthcare as every other woman, while recognising the additional barriers created by the intersection of gender and disability.

- Respect for autonomy and informed consent: Healthcare providers must communicate directly with women with disabilities, not automatically defer to accompanying persons. Any procedure or intervention must be explained to the woman concerned, enabling her to make informed decisions and give her own consent.

As Amb. Ndifreke Andrew-Essien emphasises:

“People forget that a woman with disability is a woman first, and that the health concerns of women are also the health concerns of women with disability.”

She further underscores the importance of autonomy and informed consent:

“If I was supposed to agree on any procedure or anything, I have to be informed so that I can give my consent for you to carry out, whether it’s surgery or any interventions that may be needed.”

These are not simply matters of courtesy. They speak to dignity, autonomy, equality and the right of women with disabilities to make decisions about their own bodies and healthcare.

Watch/listen to the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/w2E5CfxCBKA?si=eao5GVesH9opzqri

Disability Rights Fund

Video Description: A woman with shoulder-length braided hair, wearing a black top and earrings, speaks directly to the camera from an indoor setting. She contributes to the JONAPWD Post-GDS Podcast Series on Health Equity, highlighting the importance of inclusive and accessible healthcare for women with disabilities. The video is part of the broader conversation available on the JONAPWD YouTube channel.




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