Two entrepreneurs work at a small electronics repair workstation in a busy market. One entrepreneur uses a wheelchair while handling electronic components, and another works beside a table filled with repair tools, wires, and devices. The image highlights entrepreneurship, technical skills, and economic participation among persons with disabilities.
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Beyond 5%: Financing Jobs for Young Nigerians with Disabilities

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Nigeria has not been short of commitments on disability and work. The Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, signed in January 2019, reserves at least five percent of jobs in public organisations for persons with disabilities and set up the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities to enforce it. In January 2025 the Commission launched the framework for the National Access to Work Scheme, which is meant to supply assistive tools to persons with disabilities employed in the private sector. We at the Center for Inclusive Development support both and want them delivered. But they share a starting point, which is a person who already has, or is about to get, a job with an employer. Many of the young people we work with are not in that position. For them the realistic route is a business of their own, and that is where they meet a different barrier.