{"id":5727,"date":"2023-12-07T09:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/well-prioritize-bills-on-people-with-disability-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T09:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T09:06:16","slug":"well-prioritize-bills-on-people-with-disability-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/well-prioritize-bills-on-people-with-disability-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll prioritize bills on people with disability \u2013 Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio has stated that the National Assembly will prioritize bills and laws about persons with disabilities to secure their inclusion in the operations of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio said this during his remarks at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities celebration on Wednesday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The National Commission for Persons Living with Disabilities planned the 2023 observance of the Day, with the theme \u201cRenewing Hope Together for Disability Inclusive Societies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Akpabio, governments around the world have made remarkable efforts to establish an environment that values diversity and the inclusion of people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Day provides an invaluable opportunity to learn from global best practices that will help Nigeria become more inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIn expressing our commitment, the Nigerian Senate stands firmly with the NCPWD. Our endorsement is a tangible pledge to actively engage in global dialogue on creating an inclusive society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s embrace the opportunity to renew hope together. May Nigeria be recognized for its diversity and ability to ensure that every citizen regardless of ability status is valued and included.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that laws are made, but we need to make laws to ensure that everybody\u2019s interest is recognized and carried along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll prioritize bills on people with disability \u2013 Senate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio has stated that the National Assembly will prioritize bills and laws about persons with disabilities to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6309,15,622],"tags":[6310,180,11],"class_list":["post-5727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disability","category-news","category-senate","tag-disability","tag-news","tag-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}