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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
