President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a visually impaired man, Dr. Samuel Ankeli, as his Senior Special Assistant.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President has saddled Ankeli with the responsibility of dealing with persons living with disability on his behalf.
Shehu said Ankeli headed the Directorate of Persons with Disability at the Buhari/Osinbajo APC presidential campaign headquarters, the first of its kind in a political party in Nigeria.
He added that the new presidential aide led a team that successfully mobilised a large number of more than 24 million disabled persons in the country to support the All Progressives Congress’ candidate and his runningmate in the 2015 presidential election campaign.
Ankeli hails from Benue State.
He went to school in Giwa, near Zaria and Kaduna before studying Veterinary Medicine at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
He worked with the Benue State Government before quitting to devote his time to his activist role in the promotion of the wellbeing of the blind and people living with disability.
He leads a very active religious and sporting life.
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The Blind, leading the Blind, what country is Mr President in today, it wont be Nigeria, thats a Fact.
ReplyDeleteYou are not representing gay people well with your small minded, bigoted, petty comment. Buhari has included even the blind and disabled people in his team which shows that he is truely for everyone. God bless Buhari for this.
DeleteErm Okay Mr. Toni Blazeing abi wetin dem call you. why are you discriminating? I mean you seem to represent gay people who preach that we non-gays should treat you with equality.
DeleteBy the way you main supporter the US had even gone further than this by electing a legally blind man as a Governor. Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Paterson
@Toni, a blind man is far better than a sentimentalist like you. Your comment is appalling.
DeleteBeing blind does not hinder his abilities to work. It is mostly in Nigeria that you see physically challenged as intellectually handicapped. People without arms and legs go to work in developed country with sound mind. To be blind is not a crime
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely.
Deletethat is very good mr president. During Tony Blair time in uk. the 3rd powerful person the home office sectary was visually impaired.
ReplyDeleteWe are not talking of intelligence here, how will he even see and identify those that comes around him? We should try & do things reasonably. There are other better ways he can be empowered
ReplyDeleteOh Common, don't be silly. Most Blind people do better than you with things. Their other sensory organs are activated to help them with their disability.
DeleteExcept the ones who don't want to work though. This one wants to work so let him.
Much as it is good to recognise and respect the fundamental human rights of the physically challenged, the above appointment was regrettably politically motivated. Merit and principle of true federalism ought to have been employed. Well, as events are unfolding...
ReplyDeleteYou are the type will get appointment and shut up. Oh pls shut up already though
DeleteObaseki,I think u are the one that should shut up...mind hr foolish business,and stop attacking people...
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