Adebukola Shehu Adebayo
Inclusive Governance Specialist
Adebukola Shehu Adebayo is a Specialist in disability-Inclusive Development, Governance and Public Policy with 20 years of work experience in the not-for-profit and development sectors. He is Founder and Chief Consultant at Inclusive Development Consults (IDC) Limited, Nigeria. He is also co-Founder and Board member of Human and Organizational Resources Development Centre (HORDC), Nigeria. Adebukola holds Consultancy roles on Disability Inclusion in a number of government Agencies and reputable local and international development organizations including the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, World Bank, Sightsavers, etc.
He was appointed by the Governor of Lagos State to the Governing Board of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA) between 2016/2019. Adebukola was Disability Inclusion and policy Expert on the National and Lagos State Technical Working Groups (TWGs) on Social Protection Policy between 2012 and 2021. He has provided technical support for the development and implementation of Inclusive Education Policy of the Federal Government of Nigeria and in 20 of the 36 States of the Federation.
Since 2010, Adebukola has been providing technical support to disability inclusion programs/projects implemented by organizations of persons with disabilities and mainstream CSOs including the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD). He currently seats on the Board of several Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) and civil society groups in Nigeria.
Adebukola’s work has contributed immensely to development and implementation of legal and policy frameworks on disability rights and inclusion in sectors like education, health, social protection, financial inclusion, inclusive public procurement, telecommunications, public transport, public infrastructure, the electoral process, and most recently, the development of disability-disaggregated data in line with the Washington Group Question Sets. His effective use of research advocacy has produced several baseline data on disability inclusion which is contributing to knowledge development and behaviour change towards disability issues in Nigeria.
Adebukola is an Alumni of the UK Chevening Scholarship Program. He is an Alumni of the US International Professional Exchange Programme and of Mobility International USA (MIUSA) respectively.
He has bagged degrees in Political Science; Education; Human Resource Management; Governance, Development and Public Policy. Adebukola has a track record of successfully leading disability rights advocacies at subnational and national levels in Nigeria; playing key roles in the successes of DFID-SAVI and USAID-SACE supported citizens-lead disability rights advocacies and engagements in Nigeria.
Adebukola is a recipient of the 2016 Lagos State Merit Award in recognition of his contributions to the enactment and implementation of the Lagos State Disability Law in 2011.
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