President Buhari has appointed a visually impaired man, Dr. Samuel
Inalegwu Ode Ankeli as his Senior Special Assistant on matters
concerning disabled people. Senior Special Assistant to Buhari on Media
and Publicity, Shehu Garba, announced this in a statement released
today Feb. 22nd.Shehu stated that Ankeli had headed the Directorate of Persons with
Disability at the Buhari/Osinbajo APC Presidential Campaign
Headquarters, "the first of any such department in a political party in
Nigeria".
"Dr Ankeli hails from Benue State. He went to school in Giwa, near Zaria
and Kaduna before reading veterinary medicine at the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria.
He worked with the Benue State government before quitting to give time
to his activist role in the promotion of the wellbeing of the blind and
people with all kinds of disability. He leads a very active religious
and sporting life. He is married and has children"the statement read
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