NNAD Leadership among the participants of the National Assembly Investigative Hearing on Disability Rights Compliance

Date: 15th October, 2024 The Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) Leadership, ably represented at the event by the NNAD National Youth Leader, Ashiru Abubakar Nagoma, was among the high-profile disability-led organizations that witnessed and participated in the public hearing on the Flag-Off of the Investigative Hearing on Compliance of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies […]

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Call for Abstract/Proposal 2nd National Summit on Deaf Education in Nigeria @Abuja Date: 13th – 14th March, 2024   Background: The first National Deaf Education Summit was organized by the Centre for Supportive Services for the Deaf, University of Ilorin in collaboration with the Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) at the University of

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Call for Expression of Interest: Technical Assistant

Position: Technical Assistant (TA) Date of Advert: 3rd September, 2021 Deadline: 11th September, 2021 INTRODUCTION The Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) is the umbrella body and an amalgam of all the Deaf Associations in Nigeria. Established in 1972, NNAD is dedicated entirely to advocacy and all round development of Nigerian Deaf people. NNAD

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1st National Deaf Youth Summit & 31st NNAD Annual General Meeting

Call for Papers Theme: – Repositioning the Nigerian Deaf Youth for Post COVID – 19 ERA: Challenges and Opportunities. Date: – September 22 – 25, 2021. Venue: – PH, Rivers State Sub-themes: – Ø  Human Trafficking among Deaf Youths Ø  Drug Abuse among Deaf Youths Ø  Human Rights and Access to Information for the Deaf

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Report on Nigeria Deaf Women Annual General Meeting, 2019 Edition

Cutting of the cake with Lagos State first lady, Dr.( Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu at the last AGM opening ceremony in Lagos The maiden edition of  Nigeria Deaf Women Annual General Meeting,(AGM) was  hosted by Lagos State Deaf Women Association at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos State, between 27th and 31st August, 2019. Delegates from different

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UPDATE ON STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Feb 4th, 2020

Meeting kicked off from 3-5 pm. The main agenda of the meeting was for all parties involved to be on the same page so all can go smoothly together along that week when speaking and convincing stakeholders. The attendance of the meeting were Chief of Staff Heather Harker, Wesley VC – Sunday Ukachukwu, Dean Khadijat

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GAIN PROJECT UPDATE

Gallaudet University invited key Nigerian stakeholders, such as representatives of ministries, departments and agencies, foundations, private companies, and other leaders to pay a working visit to Gallaudet’s campus in Washington DC October 28-30, 2019. We asked stakeholders to send representatives with the authority in the MDAs. We also requested that they be hearing representatives because

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT OF THE VISIT TO GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON DC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY NNAD AND ASLIN

INTRODUCTION Gallaudet University in an effort to create further awareness about the Gallaudet University in Nigeria tagged “GAIN-Africa” arranged a site visit for the Nigerian government Officials and other Steering Committee members drawn from both the NNAD and Wesley University respectively. This was expected to take place from October 28-30, 2019. Additionally, Gallaudet planned to

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Sign Language contributes to better Living of Persons with Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is a condition that describes inability to use the hearing organ for maximal purpose of hearing due to a defect/damage in its biological functioning.   Hearing loss comes in different measures. It may be severe-profound hearing loss which is deafness or mild-moderate hearing loss which is called hard-of-hearing. A deaf person is unable

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SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING OF NIGERIAN DEAF WOMEN

The Nigerian Deaf Women in collaboration with Gallaudet University, Washington DC, held her second national conference and leadership training tagged “ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF DEAF WOMEN FOR SELF-RELIANCE AND DEVELOPMENT ” between June 23 -27, 2019 in DRACC Abuja FCT Nigeria. The program was co-sponsored by Gallaudet University Washington DC, USA, CBM and the Nigerian Deaf

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