Buhari appoints visually-impaired SSA

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday
appointed a visually impaired man, Samuel
Inalegwu Ode Ankeli as Senior Special Assistant
with responsibility for his dealings with persons
living with a disability.
It would be recalled that Dr. Ankeli headed the
Directorate of Persons With Disability during
the 2015 Presidential election campaign for
Buhari/Osinbajo.
He led a team that successfully mobilized more
than 24 million disabled persons in the country
to support President Buhari and his running
mate in the election campaign.
An indigene of Benue State, Dr Ankeli studied
veterinary medicine at the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria and worked with the Benue
State government before quitting to focus on
his activist role in the promotion of the well-
being of the blind and people with all kinds of
disability.
Dr. Ankeli’s appointment marks the first of such
department in a political party in Nigeria.

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