Mirian Pat Foundation Partners OSSAP on Special Needs and Equal Opportunity

The Mirian Pat Foundation is pleased to announce that it has established a formidable partnership with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunity, towards the implementation of its numerous programmes and projects in its 4-Year Strategic Intervention Plan, with special focus on the implementation, promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Nigeria. 

This partnership is a huge impetus to the success of our oncoming Maiden National Disability Accessibility Summit, which we are organizing in line with our theme for 2024, “Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. 

The proposed summit, which hopes to bring together relevant stakeholders from within and outside Nigeria possessing consummate skills and expertise on disability issues, is part of our conscious efforts to educate, sensitize and engage stakeholders on the best approaches towards ensuring the full implementation and enforcement of the Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018.

Mirian Pat Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to amongst others, improve the living conditions and standards of persons with disabilities in Nigeria through advocacy, programming and networking. The Foundation strives to prioritize, promote, protect and uphold the rights of persons with disabilities, while promoting education & enabling capacity building and skill acquisition for vulnerable groups, including women and girls.  

The Foundation has so far empowered over 2,000 youths and women in different states across the country through vocational skills training, mentorship and enterprise financing.