Nigeria*
General Country Information
Capital: Abuja
Population: 152,217,341 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Presidential Federal Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 1.308 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 62.988 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 1,098 (2009)
Internet users: 11 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.17
World Rank 2005/2006: 155
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Family-Centered Initiative for Challenged Persons (FACICP)
226 Murtala Mohammed Way (M.M Way), Imaro House
P.O. Box 22
Benin, Edo
Nigeria
http://facicp.virtualactivism.net/about.htm
Email: facicp4all@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-80-37253547 / +234-52-254724
Group of People with Disabilities (GOPWID)
SW9/423A, Olugbode St. Odo Ona
Ibadan
Nigeria
Email: gopwid@hotmail.com
Tel: +234-80-38403825
Joint National Association of People with Disabilities (JONAPWD) - DPI National Assembly
P.O. Box. 3518,
Sabo, Yaba
Lagos
Nigeria
http://www.coalitions4change.org
Email: jonapwdnigeria@yahoo.com / duhkb@yahoo.com
Tel: +1-3425165 / +1-8952476
Nigeria Association of the Blind
C/o ANWAB, 275, Herbert Macaulay Way, Alagomeji,
P.O. Box 3518, Sabo-Yaba
Lagos
Nigeria
http://nigeriaassociationoftheblind.org/
Email: andrew.esther@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-80-29609992
Nigeria National Association for the Deaf
P.O. Box 22
Kuje, Abuja
Nigeria
http://www.nnad.org
Email: javiernica@hotmail.com
Tel: +234-9-521-1141
Fax: +234-9-521-0151
Persons with Disabilities Action Network (PEDANET) Nigeria
House 18, 19th street, BDPA Housing Estate, Ugbowo
Benin City, Edo State
Nigeria
http://pedanet.virtualactivism.net/
Email: pedanet@gmail.com
Tel: +234-802-826-2702
Renewed Hope Foundation of the Disabled People
P.O. Box 1903
Akure, Ondo State
Nigeria
Email: rehfodip@yahoo.com
Tel: +234-8034915380
Fax: +234-8038633440