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President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mohammed Isa to serve as his senior special assistant on disability matters.

In a statement, Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said the appointment is part of the president’s “determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within the ambit of the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration”.

The statement added that Isa is a distinguished champion of persons with disabilities with over a decade of experience in local and international advocacy.

“The new presidential aide is a graduate of Public Administration with honours from the University of Maiduguri where he would go on to earn a Masters in Public Administration at the same institution in 2017,” the statement reads.

“The President tasks the new appointee to proactively create avenues of opportunity for inclusion through the inculcation of PWD requirements and perspectives in the policies and programmes of all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of the Federal Government.”

The president has also asked his new appointee to work closely with “sub-national authorities to build a national consensus on PWD-friendly policy and environmental conditions in collaboration with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD)”.

On October 19, the president signed an instrument to promote the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Nigeria.