Publication: Disability Inclusion in Nigeria: A Rapid Assessment
Date
2020-06-26
ISSN
Published
2020-06-26
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
According to the World Health
Organization, in 2018, about 29 million of the 195 million
people who comprise Nigeria’s national population were
living with a disability. Data from the 2018 Nigeria
Demographic and Health Survey reveal that an estimated 7
percent of household members above the age of five (as well
as 9 percent of those 60 or older) have some level of
difficulty in at least one functional domain, seeing,
hearing, communication, cognition, walking, or self-care;
and 1 percent either have a lot of difficulty or cannot
function at all in at least one domain. These estimated
rates, while significant, are probably even higher because
currently available data likely underestimate the
prevalence. This rapid social assessment was undertaken to
document the current socioeconomic status of persons with
disabilities in Nigeria. Findings indicate that persons with
disabilities lack access to basic services and that
attitudinal barriers represent a major impediment to their
socioeconomic inclusion. Inclusive policies are either
nonexistent, weak, or inadequately implemented. There is an
urgent need to improve the current socioeconomic situation
of persons with disabilities in Nigeria.
Citation
“World Bank. 2020. Disability Inclusion in Nigeria; Disability Inclusion in Nigeria : A Rapid Assessment. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/34073 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”