Network for the advancement of people with visible disabilities (NAPVID) is a registered non-governmental organization (NGO) in Nigeria that is preoccupied with the empowerment, rehabilitation, and the entrenchment of social justice for people with disabilities and their inclusion on government and development.
The membership of NAPVID is comprised of persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities. according to NAPVID’s statute, the President and vice president must be Persons with disabilities. Melody Omasah Esq., a charismatic visually impaired lawyer is currently the president of NAPVID.
ABOUT NAPVID
Melody Omosah is a lawyer, a deputy Director at the Edo State Ministry of Justice and currently the Executive Director, Network for the Advancement of People with Visible Disabilities. He is a prolific writer, a social crusader, a defender of the inherent dignity of the human person and a contender of equal Rights for people with disabilities. He is happily married with three Children.
Members of Napvid Board of Trustees
Hon. Justice Peter O. Isibor (rtd) (Chairman )
Former President of the defunct Customary Court of Appeal Edo State
Dr. Olabisi Ihenyen (Member)
Former Medical Director of Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Uselu, Edo State
Chief Sir Oseni Elamah (Member)
Former Executive Chairman Edo State Internal Revenue Service and current Chairman Joint Tax Board of the Federation.
• A Society without Discrimination;
with Equal Opportunities for
Persons with Disabilities.
To Advocate for the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities and advance
their Social Inclusion in Governance
and Development Initiatives in Nigeria.