Unilorin Win $80,000 Grant For Research Into Disability Rights In Nigeria


Unilorin Win $80,000 Grant For Research Into Disability Rights In Nigeria

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It said that the grant was meant to deepen the study and practise of laws relating to the physically challenged persons in the country.⁣

The institution’s management disclosed this in its bulletin issued on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara.⁣

It said that the grant would assist the department in its service delivery capacity as well as deepen the study, practice and understanding of laws related to the rights of the disabled in the country.⁣

The publication said a letter of offer was addressed to the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulmumin Oba, by the Executive Director of OSIWA, Ayisha Osiri.⁣
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It stated that the grant was offered to the University to enable its Department of Jurisprudence and International Law proceed on a project titled:

AdvancingDisability Rights Through Legal Education.”⁣
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OSIWA added that the grant would enable the university to build capacity and advance the institutional commitment to develop and introduce a module on disability law in the curriculum at the undergraduate level.⁣
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“The letter added that the approval of the grant for the project is also intended to develop a loop of lawyers with specialised knowledge and skills in disability rights as well as conduct research to inform the development of disability policy at the national level,” it said.⁣
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The Dean, Faculty of Law at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Oba, expressed the appreciation of the University to OSIWA for the grant.⁣

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