A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) has commenced the 2024 edition of its innovative technology programme, Inclusive Technology For All (IT4All), to empower physically-challenged people. Yemi Odutola, the External Relations Lead, W.TEC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the 2024 edition of the annual training was in
As we have just marked International Disability Day on Dec. 3, it is important that we speak up to demand that employers strive for a more inclusive workplace by recruiting more differently abled (diffable) individuals to work for them.
Law No. 8/2016 on the diffable mandates private corporations to employ diffable individuals, which should account for at least 1 percent of the entire workforce. For state-owned enterprises, the law stipulates that their diffable employees should account for at least 2 percent of their entire workforce.
On a global level, a Forbes magazine article recognizes that the topic of diversity and inclusion has gained ever greater importance in the business world recently. The same article also indicates that inclusive workplaces with wide employee diversity representing people from different socioeconomic backgrounds including diffable communities ca.