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.

Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Nnazua     Dorcas Afeniforo     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Omu Aran     Christopher Odetunde     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Oyedepo     Paul Odama     Tayo Awodiji     Jawondo     Oloriegbe     Ganiyu Taofiq     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Omotosho     Toyin Falola     Aliyu Muyideen     Bolakale Kawu     Students Union Government     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Simeon Sayomi     Bashir Badawi     Voices Of Tomorrow     Cassava Growers\' Association     Bayer AG     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Binta Sulyman     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Hassan A. Saliu     Segun Abifarin     Hamza Usman     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Bureau Of Lands     Ganmo     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Split Diamond Interchange     CCT     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Rasaq Jimoh     Playing Host     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Kwara 2023     Pius Abioje     Mazars Consulting     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     NULGE     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Garba Dogo     Mohammed Ibrahim     Saadu Yusuf     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Olatunde Olukoya     Kwara South     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ilota     Fola Consultant     Rapheal Ashaolu     Olugbense     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Sulyman Buhari     Kayode Alabi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Kale Belgore     Mumeen Lah     Balogun Fulani     Saka Isau     MINILS     Bola Olukoju     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Amos Justus Sayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilesha-Baruba     Barakat Community Secondary School     Abdulhakeem Amao     Adeola Abraham     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Sango-UITH Road     Baboko     Titus Ashaolu     Rasheed Jimoh     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Sabi     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Kwara Volleyball Association     Saka Abimbola Isau     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Rotimi Oyedepo     Ilorin Amusement Park     Nagode     Ejidongari     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Abdullahi Biffo     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Valsolar Consortium     Abubakar Aliagan     Seed Technologies     Laboratory-to-Product     Ijagbo     Tayo Alao     Turaki Of Ilorin     Bashir Adigun     Muhammadu Buhari     A.O. Belgore     Nigerian Army     Kwara North     Cassava Growers\' Association     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     LABTOP     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Amuda Musbau     Adama Isa     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     GGDSS Pakata     Alaaya     Chief Of Staff     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kwara Liberation Group     Sarakite     Omotosho     Deji Ajani     Tunji Olawuyi     Illyasu Abdullahi     Mahe Abdulkadir     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ogbondoroko     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Okin Malt     Mufutau Olatinwo     Matthew Okedare     Abdulfatai Baakini     Shuaibu Yaman     Smart School     Maigida     Orisa Bridge     Risikat Lawal     Tunji Ajanaku     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Aminat Ahmed     Tsaragi     FERMA     Kunbi Titiloye     Ilorin Durbar