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PMB signs Disability Bill into law.

DPOs, NGOs, CSOs, the disabled community, and all civil-minded Nigerians celebrate a victory won perseverance and prayers as President Mohammed Buhari signs the Disability Bill into law on 23rd January 2019.

Here are the highlights of the Bill (culled from premiumtimesng.com):

  1. The Act prohibits all forms of discrimination against persons with disability. If an individual is found violating this law, he/she will pay a fine of N100,000 or a term of six months imprisonment. The law imposes a fine of one million Naira on corporate bodies.
  2. Discrimination against such persons is prohibited in public transportation facilities and service providers are to make provision for the physically, visually and hearing impaired and all persons howsoever challenged. This applies to seaports, railways and airport facilities.
  3. The rights and privileges of persons with a disability include education, health care, priority in accommodation and emergencies.
  4. All public organizations are to reserve at least five percent of employment opportunities for these persons.
  5. The Act gives citizens with disabilities the right to file a lawsuit for damage against any defaulter.
  6. It provides for a five-year transitional period within which public buildings, structures or automobile are to be modified to be accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities, including those on wheelchairs.
  7. Before a public structure is constructed, its plans shall be inspected by relevant authorities to ensure that the plan conforms with the building code.
  8. A government or government agency, body or individual responsible for the approval of building plans shall not approve the plan of a public building if the plan does not make provision for accessibility facilities in line with the building code.
  9. An officer who approves or directs the approval of a building plan that contravenes the building code commits an offense and is liable on conviction to a fine of at least N1,000,000 or a term of imprisonment of two years or both.
  10. In Section 31 of the Act, the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities will be established and an Executive Secretary will be appointed as the head of the commission.

 

Let us all play out part to ensure that the law is propagated and becomes fully operational across all fields of endeavors in Nigeria.

KIND’S GARRI PROCESSING FACTORY IN AYETORO OGUN STATE IS IN PROGRESS

KIND is constructing a  2 tons per day garri processing factory in Ayetoro Ogun state through the sponsorship of the Japanese Embassy.

 

 

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VOICE MONITORING TEAM VISITED KIND’S INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND WOMEN IN AGRIFINANCE PLATFORMS.

VOICE MONITORING TEAM VISITED KIND’S INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND WOMEN IN AGRIFINANCE PLATFORMS.

 

  • On Friday 23rd November 2018, the VOICE Monitoring Team which include Regional Head Ruth Njambi Kimani, Programme Coordinator Ijeoma Okwor, and Accountant Innocent Agada joined the KIND team for the Inclusive Education Platform held at Ipakodo Inclusive Unit, Ikorodu to explore ways to promote inclusive education in Lagos state.

 

  • After the IE meeting, the monitoring team proceeded to Isheri-Ijegun to visit the ugu farm of the Progressive Farmers Association (PFA) who currently face exploitation by omo-oniles, a threat to their sources of livelihoods through the indiscriminate sale of land already leased to them and invested on by the PFA.

 

  • Both meetings helped to chart the advocacy course and strategic action plans for the Inclusive Education and Women Agri-Finance platforms of KIND under the project ENDING DISCRIMINATION…

 

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KIND in partnership with Youth Poll Naija, Mentored young women for civic political participation in politics

KIND in partnership with Youth Poll Naija, Mentored young women for civic political participation in politics

On 11th of July, 2018 Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, (KIND) in collaboration with Youthpoll Naija organized a one-day summit in Ado-Ekiti themed “Mentoring Young Women for Civic Participation”.

The aims of the event are:

  • To encourage young women to take charge of societal development by participating in politics
  • To enlighten them on how to attain leadership positions in all spheres, especially the political
  • To train them on the need to be assertive in decision making so as not to be relegated to the background by men.

Notable dignitaries who have excelled in their different fields were featured at the event. They include the keynote speaker, Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi; Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka, the former deputy Governor of Ekiti State and Mrs. Bimbola Oni, the Executive Director of National Development for Employment.

Representing the civil society were Mr. Rasheed Owonifari, the Head of Administration, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND) and Mrs Yetunde Adamo, Executive Director, Women for Change Initiative.

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KIND’S EXPOSURE TOUR FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS

KIND’S EXPOSURE TOUR FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS

On 10th July 2018 and 12th July, 2018, KIND, under its VOICE Influencing Project themed ENDING VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION, AND MARGINALIZATION AGAINST WOMEN AND PWDs IN NIGERIA, proceeded on an Exposure Tour for PWDs in Lagos State. PWD students from Module Cole Childcare and Treatment Home, Yaba, Lagos were taken to Ipakodo Inclusive Primary School, Ikorodu on the first day while students from National Orthopedic Special School, Igbobi, Lagos were taken to Olisa Inclusive School, Mushin, Lagos.

The aim of the tour was to promote inclusive education in Lagos state by exposing policymakers to policy deprivations and institutional barriers faced by PWD students and community.

Stakeholders at the tour included Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Lagos State Ministry of Education, Lagos State Office of Disability Affairs (LASODA), Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) of the schools, PTA representatives, Disabled People’s Organization (DPOs) and NGOs.

At the end of the programme, the following objectives were achieved:

  1. The ET was an avenue for special needs students in exclusive schools to experience firsthand an inclusive school setting;
  2. The ET was an avenue for special needs students to interact with stakeholders firsthand;
  3. The ET created an opportunity to influence policy makers to encourage inclusive education across more schools I’m Lagos and Nigeria; and
  4. It was an opportunity for stakeholders to determine the challenges to inclusive education and how to address it

 

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