Advocacy Engagement to the Speaker, House of Representatives, on Inclusive Media Representation for Deaf Persons in the Nigerian National Assembly. Despite the successful deployment of trained professional sign language interpreters to the National Assembly under our EU SDGN project, the reality remains that their presence and contributions are routinely excluded from official media coverage, effectively silencing the deaf community’s access to legislative proceedings, which this advocacy visit seeks to address This was important dialogue about building a more inclusive democracy!
As Anambra State prepares for the governorship election, TAF Africa, with support from the EU-SDGN II programme, continues to roll out initiatives to ensure that voters with disabilities are fully included in the process. TAF Africa’s Programme Manager, Adeolu Kilanko, and Senior Programme Officer, George Anwayi, joined host, Jennifer Ogor to discuss. Join our next conversation live next week on Radio Nigeria and Facebook Live! Watch today’s show on youtube!
On friday’s show, Mr Rudolf Elbling, the Team Leader of the EU-SDGN Component 1 – DAI and Jennifer Ogor, host of Disability Inclusion Radio, will explore the critical link between electoral reforms, inclusive participation, and the credibility of Nigeria’s democratic processes. Join the conversation tomorrow on the network service of Radio Nigeria and Live on Facebook. Catch up with the most recent episodes of Disability Inclusion Radio on Youtube! https://youtu.be/J6I0L4U6QWU
Today, TAF Africa, represented by our CEO and Founder, Ambassador Jake Epelle, was at The Stakeholders Sensitization Workshop on The National Policy on Inclusive Education in Nigeria. This event, at the Federal Ministry of Education Abuja HQ, was organized by The National Working Committee on Inclusive Education in collaboration with the Basic Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education
