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.

Ishaq Salman     Owu Fall     Ayekale     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Isa Aremu     Halimah Perogi     Timothy Akangbe     Moshood Mustapha     Saka Keji     Obasanjo     Onilorin     Unilorin     Ijakadi     Yomi Adeboye     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Eruku     Alaaya     Osuwa     Wasiu Odewale     KwaraLearn     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Deji Ajani     Mansur Alfanla     Twitter     Taofik Abdulkareem     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Toyin Falola     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Maigida Soludero Transit     Tope Daramola     Iyabo Adewuyi     NFAI     Gobir     Omar Bolaji Gambari     IDPU     Sabo-Oke     Niyi Osundare     Alimi     Yusuf Ali     Amuda Aluko     Olatunji Bamgbola     Kunle Okeowo     TESCOM 2025     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     QuickWin     Muritala Olarewaju     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Jebba     Yakub Ali-Agan     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Laduba     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Idiagbon     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Ahmed \'Lateef     CELF     Tanke     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ballah     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Ado Bayero     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Adeola Abraham     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Aso Ofi     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Ilorin Emirate     Falokun-Oja     Alfa Belgore     Lai Gobir     Dele Belgore    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Salary     Babaloja-General     Saeedat Aliyu     Alapansapa     Adeniyi Ojo     Ramadhan     Alfa Belgore     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Abraham Ojo     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Yusuf Badmus     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Olupako     John Olajide Adedipe     Na\'Allah     Mohammed Abduraheem     Busari Alabi Alausa     George Funsho Adebayo     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Shero     Wale Oladepo     Jumoke F. Ajao     Christopher Odetunde     Samuel Adaramola     Alabe     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Femtech     Bayo Onimago     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Asa LGEA School     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Bond     Undergraduate Bursary     Ilorin West     Mufutau Olatinwo     Maryam Ado Bayero     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     TESCOM 2025     Aliyu Salihu     Okin High School     Muhammed Aliyu     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Ilesha-Baruba     Oba-Solagberu     Ishola Abdullahi     ITP     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Tunji Arosanyin     Law School Scholarship     Abioye Bello     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Olosi Of Osi     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     LABTOP     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Barakat Community Secondary School     Vasolar Consultoria     Toyin Sanusi     Gbenga Awoyale     Ndama Al-hassan     Hakeem Idris     Dele Belgore     ASMAU PLAZA     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Tafida     Muritala Olarewaju     SGBN