Bukola Saraki becomes face of albinos in Nigeria, vows to end discrimination

Date: 2017-06-18

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reiterated the commitment of the Senate to bring to an end all forms of discrimination against people with albinism, known as Albinos.

Saraki, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, further promised to provide equal opportunities for the albinos to enable them contribute their quota to national development.

The Senate President gave the assurances while addressing members of the Board of the Albino Foundation that paid him a courtesy visit on Thursday, in Abuja.

Saraki said: "I want to assure you that our meeting today is to send the message that we are with you. We will make sure that we defend you. We will make sure that we give you the opportunity necessary for you to be able to achieve your potentials.

"I want to assure you as you said, we will be waiting for the Bill to come from the House of Representatives, and we will definitely give it all the necessary attention to ensure its prompt passage.

"Your visit today has further exemplified what we represent; we represent all Nigerians, particularly what I will call the vulnerable groups. It is our responsibility to ensure that you are given a sense of belonging and equal opportunities to maximize your potentials, and to ensure that you are not discriminated against," he said.

Earlier, the Chairman of Board of the Albino Foundation, Dr. Douglas Anele, listed skin cancer, visual impairment, poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and stigmatization as the challenges being faced by albinos in the country.

Anele called for the intervention of the National Assembly in efforts to alleviate the sufferings of albinos through the quick passage of the Albino Bill presently before the legislature.

The bill, if passed he said, will empower people with albinism through free and compulsory education, poverty alleviation programmes and protection of the rights of albinos.

The Senate President was at the occasion nominated as an advocate and face of the albinos in Nigeria.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Amos Justus Sayo     Egbejila     Ladi Hassan     Oke-Oyi     Plat Technologies     Mohammed Saidu     Yekeen Alabi     Okin Group     IQRA College     Abdulrosheed Okiki     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Gobir Organization Foundation     NITDA     Lawal Jimoh     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Baakini     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ijagbo     Owo Isowo     Hussein Oloyede     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Sunset Workers     Photo News     Amusa Bello     Alliance For Democracy     JAAC     Aliyu Adebayo     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Mohammed Haruna     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Adaramaja     Kuliyan Geri     Hassan Saliu     Edret Sabi Abel     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     CELF     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Fatai Olodo     KWASEIC     Henry Makinwa     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     First Lady     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Kamaldeen Kehinde     CACOVID     KWAFFA     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Kwara State Government     Offa Descendants Union     Seed Technologies     COVID     Yomi Ogunsola     Olokoba Sulyman     Galland Marcias     Belgore     Nigerian Medical Association     Zaratu Umar     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Emir Of Kano     Erin-ile     BECE     Local Government Pension Board     Oniyangi     Kunle Okeowo     Ghali Alaaya     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     CT Ayeni     Mutawalle     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Mutawali     Opolo Global Innovation Limited    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Oluwole Dupe     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Dan Iya     Isaac Gbenle     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Zulu Gambari     Ado Ibrahim     Kwara Consultative Forum     Ilorin South     Just Law Forum     Abubakar Baba     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Funmilayo Oniwa     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Unicontinental Construction Company     Dagbalodo     Aremu Bose Deborah     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Village Alive Development Association     Olatunji Bamgbola     Risikat Lawal     EFCC     Issa Oloruntogun     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Kamaldeen Gambari     John Obuh     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     KWSIEC     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Bola Tinubu     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Agbarigidoma     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ike Ekweremadu     Umaru Saro     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Kehinde Boyede     Offa Grammer School     LEAH Charity Foundation     Marufat Oladosu     Sambo Murtala     Modupe Oluwole     Doyin Awoyale     Alagbado     Olayinka Olaogun     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     ITEM 7     Muhammed Akanbi     Monsurat Omotosho     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     AGILE Programme     Bolakale Kawu     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Ballah     SUBEB     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Oyawoye     Akorede     Dunmade     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     11th Galadima     Kulende     School Of Nursing     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Aliyu Sabi     Old Oyo     Adedeji Onimago     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Alimi