Association writes NNPC over failure to add column for people with disability on employment website

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has written the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the missing column for people with disability on the NNPC employment website which has closed already. This was contained in a letter dated May 2, and signed by the acting president, Abdullahi  Aliu. The letter was addressed […]

The Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) has written the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the missing column for people with disability on the NNPC employment website which has closed already.

This was contained in a letter dated May 2, and signed by the acting president, Abdullahi  Aliu.

The letter was addressed to the Human Resource Director of the Corporation in which the attention of the Group Managing Director, and the Director Public Relation, informed the Corporation of the all disability drawing attention to the application process as stipulated by the newly signed Nigerian Disability law. It said: “all public organizations are to reserve at least 5% of employment opportunities for those with disabilities” (The Nigerian Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibitions) Act, 2019.

Speaking further, JONAPWD informed NNPC of the fact that it is the only umbrella body of all associations (clusters) of Disabled People’s organization (DPOs) as well as civil society organizations working on disability issues in Nigeria recognized by governments at national, state and locals (JOAPWD). It drew the Corporation’s attention to the concluded online employment application process where it did not make provisions for persons with disabilities to be fully included in the application process.

It therefore said that it will not accept any attempt that is targeted towards the exclusion of persons with disabilities based on employment as provided by both the Nigerian Discrimination Against Persons with disabilities (Prohibition) Law 2018 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRRD) which Nigeria is a signatory. It urged the Corporation to call for a meeting within the shortest possible time to provide a platform where they all can bring inputs on how to solve these issues, on exclusion of persons with Disabilities in the Corporation’s employment process, through the non-existence of disability components in the employment process.