WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday passed the Conference Committee Report of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill.
Speaking on the passage of the Bill, President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, highlighted that the passage of the Bill was another promise kept by the 8th National Assembly:
He said, “It was just a few weeks ago (at the beginning of the month) that the Kpakpando Foundation for People with Disabilities came to visit me at my Office, and I promised them that by the end of March, we would pass this Conference Committee Report and send it to Mr. President to assent.
“I am happy that we have kept to this promise with what we have done today. Thank you all.”
