Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District and serving as the Chief Whip in the Senate, revealed plans on Wednesday to implement stringent measures against the discrimination faced by people living with disabilities. 

He outlined intentions to amend the laws governing the National Commission for Persons with Disability to enforce these sanctions.

During an event where he was honored by the FCT Para-soccer Team in Abuja, Senator Ndume expressed deep concern over the persistent discrimination against individuals with disabilities by certain Ministries, Departments, and Agencie that refuse to engage them. 

He emphasized the importance of providing employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to contribute meaningfully to society.

Senator Ndume commended the FCT Para-soccer Team for their achievements and pledged a donation of N1 million to support their cause. He also promised to facilitate a meeting between the team and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to ensure they receive the necessary support.

“This is the Para-soccer team of the FCT. They want to honour me. We’ve been supporting people with disabilities. These people have families and they have made us proud. They’ve won laurels for Nigeria. This team was founded over 30 years ago.

“I want to donate N1 million to support FCT Para-soccer. I’ll arrange for you to meet the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. He will give you all the support.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu believes in his Renewed Hope Agenda. We’ll have the national event in a grandeur manner and all major political leaders will be there. We can arrange that this year. This year will be a year of Renewed Hope for every Nigerian.

“We’ll make it mandatory for every MDA of the government to employ people with disabilities. They’ll be placed in offices and respected, become chief executives of such government agencies, and permanent secretaries. We’ve had a disabled senator who was the Chief Whip,” he said