By Marie-Therese Nanlong

Jos—Physically challenged people in Plateau State on the platform of Disability Progressive Group, DPG, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday applauded President Muhammadu Buhari, for appointing a physically challenged person as his Special Adviser.

President Muhammadu Buhari 

The group pledged its support to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the appointment of one of its own, Dr. Samuel Ankeli, as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters, was an indication that the President identified with the physically challenged people.,

In a statement in Jos, Plateau State leader of the group, Mr. Bulus Shanding, said Dr. Ankeli’s appointment was the first of its kind in the last 16 years.,

The statement read: “The appointment of Dr. Samuel Ankeli as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters is well deserved, considering his desire to contribute to national growth, his personal contributions during 2015 polls campaigns was unquantifiable. Dr. Ankeli was the Director Disability Mobilization Forum APC Presidential campaign.”