Mr. Lukeman Salami is a legal practitioner based in Lagos. Describing himself as an optimist, he told ERIC DUMO why he sees a big future ahead of him despite losing his eyesight at 11 At what stage in your life did you become visually impaired? I was not born with visual impairment but losing my […] …
Barriers Breaker
I lost many friends after S’leonean rebels cut off my hands –Anyaele, CCD Executive Director
Mr. David Anyaele is the Executive Director of the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities. A known advocate for persons in this category, he told ERIC DUMO how losing his upper limbs in Sierra Leone changed his life You lost your upper limbs during the civil war in Sierra Leone; did you ever think you were […] …
Memories of plane crash drive me on in life –Okwuchi
Kechi Okwuchi is one of the two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines flight that crashed on December 10, 2005, killing 107 people. Now 29, the finalist in the 2017 America’s Got Talent show told Timileyin Akinkahunsi the many barriers she’s had to scale to get to where she is today How did you feel finishing […] …
Despite having no finger, I write faster than many people –Djagbo, multi-instrumentalist
Simeon Djagbo is a bag-full of talents. Born with deformed hands, the multi-instrumentalist and graduate of Delta State University told Toluwalope Kareem how he has managed to find his voice in life At what stage in your life did you encounter disability? I was born like this. According to my mother, the doctor had told […] …
Impossibility is not in my dictionary –Amputee Nollywood actress
Doris Akonanya is a budding and talented Nollywood actress. A student of Theatre Arts at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, the 22-year-old told Eric Dumo how the loss of one of her legs has inspired her to greater heights You lost one of your legs when you were 13, how did this happen? […] …
I thought the world had ended the day dog ran away with my foot –Physically challenged UNIOSUN student
Eric Dumo There are only few young ladies today that can boast of the type of beauty and physical endowment Karimat Lawal is blessed with. The 21-year-old, born and raised in one of Lagos’s most densely populated neighbourhoods – Ketu, gives a different kind of meaning to charm and elegance. The first of two children […] …
My mother almost committed suicide when I lost my sight –Onyebuchi
Mr. Stanley Onyebuchi is a 42-year-old Senior Information Officer at the Federal Information Centre, Umuahia, Abia State. An advocate for people living with disabilities, he told Eric Dumo how he has forged ahead in life despite losing his sight at four You lost your sight at age four, what sort of challenge did you encounter […] …
How I built a multimillion naira business in a wheelchair –Nnoruga, entrepreneur
Stanley Nnoruga is the Chief Executive Officer of Stanzo Collections, a fashion importation company based in Lagos. Confined to the wheelchair as a teenager, he told Eric Dumo how he has managed to fulfill his childhood dreams despite his disability You were not born with disability, how did you end up in a wheelchair? I […] …
I laugh at anyone who underrates people with disabilities –Umoh, National President, JONAPWD
Eric Dumo Ekaette Umoh is a woman with the heart of a lion. Average-sized but full of courage, she has threaded in places where most people especially females wouldn’t. Raised in different parts of the country including Warri in Delta State, she understands quite well what it means to cohabit with individuals of diverse cultures. […] …
I really want to marry and have children, I think about this every day – Mohammed, Gani Fawehinmi’s son
Mohammed Fawehinmi is the first child of late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi. After a car accident in 2003, the 47-year-old lost his ability to walk. He told Eric Dumo how the incident changed his life and how he has managed to keep hope alive. What was it like growing up under the roof of […] …