President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa to serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters.

According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale said that the appointment is the determination of Tinubu’s administration to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within the ambit of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

The statement however, stated that “Mr. Mohammed Abba Isa is a distinguished champion of persons with disabilities with over a decade of experience in local and international advocacy on matters concerning persons with disabilities.”

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

The President tasked 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 while working closely with sub-national authorities to build a national consensus on PWD-friendly policy and environmental conditions in partnership with the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).