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.

Kwara Restoration Project     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ridwan Agboola     Kwara State Television     Olaiya Lawal     Muhammadu Buhari     All Peoples Party     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Elections     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Sam Okaula     Dairo Kunle Paul     Igbaja     Donatus Ejidike     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Emir Of Ilorin     Saduki Lafiagi     Baboko Primary School     Presidential Election     Zulu Gambari     Abatemi-Usman     Moro     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Abdulrauf Aliyu     John Olobayo     Ibrahim Gambari     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     GRA     Surajudeen Akanbi     Modupe Oluwole     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     United Nigeria Airline     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Muhammed Aliyu     Ilorin Central Mosque     Earlyon Technologies     Chief Of Staff     Owo Isowo     Yeketi     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Issa Manzuma     Ronke Adeyemi     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Makama Of Kaiama     AbdulRauf Keji     Innocent Okoye     Alliance For Democracy     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Tunji Ajanaku     Ayegbeni     Cornelius Adebayo     Suleiman Idris     Ileloke     Wale Oladepo     Yetunde Balogun     Oluronke Adeyemi     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Pakata     March 18     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Kulende     IDPU     Khairat Gwadabe     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Pilgrims Board     Sabi     PPS     Village Alive Development Association     Centre For Digital Economy     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Labour Party     Ohoro Of Shao     Saka Aleshinloye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kamaldeen Gambari     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Kemi Adeosun     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     SAPZ Project     Olayinka Are     Razaq Atunwa     National Broadcasting Commission     VADA     Maja     Ayo Adeyemi     Ladi Hassan     Isaac Gbenle     Otoge     Grillo     IHS     Kola Ologbondiyan     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     KwaraLearn     11th Galadima     Adedeji Onimago     Alaaya     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Sam Onile     Share     Saliu Alamoyo     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Congress For National Consensus     Stephen Fasakin     John Olobayo     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Ballah     Hassan Taiye Salam     Baboko Primary School     Overland     ANCOPPS     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Doyin Group     Shettima Of Ilorin     Orire     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ahmad Uthman     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     TIC     KW-GIS     Tunde Kazeem     Alaro     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Dele Belgore     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Bolaji Nagode     Tope Daramola     Okin Biscuits     Offa Metropolitan Club     Irepodun     Oko-Erin     Elese Of Igbaja     Mustapha Akanbi     Smart School     Mohammed Danjuma     Bilikis Oladimeji     Taofik Mustapha     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Al-Ilory     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Maryam A. Garuba     Lawal Olohungbebe     Monthly Sanitation     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Radio Kwara     Jamiu Oyawoye     Kunle Suleiman     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Gamji Members Association     Kwara Apc