President Muhammadu Buhari has
appointed a visually impaired man, DR. SAMUEL INALEGWU ODE ANKELI as his Senior
Special Assistant with responsibility for his dealings with persons living with
disability.
Dr. Ankeli 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.
With Disability at the Buhari/Osinbajo APC presidential campaign headquarters, the first of any such department in a political party in Nigeria.
He led a team that successfully
mobilized a large number of the more than 24 million disabled persons in the
country to support the APC candidate and his running mate in the 2015
presidential election campaign.
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.
He is married and has children.
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