Nigeria
Region Africa
RELEVANT LEGISLATION
Nigerians with Disability Decree 1993
Disability Bill (approved by senate in 2009, signed by the President in 2018)
Quota legislation
The Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act (shortened to Disability Discrimination Act) was passed in 2018. Part VI states a person with a disability has the right to work on an equal basis with others and this includes the right to opportunity to gain a living by work freely chosen or accepted in a labour market and work environment that is open. It further says, that “all public organisations shall, as much as possible, have persons with disabilities constituting at least 5% of their workforce.”
