Nigeria: Albinos Canvass Greater Rights, Protection

2 September 2009

Lagos — The Albino Foundation (TAF) has stepped up campaign to persuade the National Assembly to give priority attention to the bill seeking the setting up of the National Agency for Albinism and Hypo-Pigmentation (NAAH), which is currently waiting for passage.

TAF on its 3rd National Conference on Albinism which held recently at Enugu said the bill will help to provide the platform for policy articulation and implementation in all areas that affect people living with Albinism and those with challenges of pigmentation.

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