President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ayuba Gufwan, the Executive Director of Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre Jos as Executive Secretary, National Commission for People with Disabilities, (NCPWD), among seven Nigerians to head strategic agencies and programmes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development
In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointment is necessary to facilitate the needed relief to Nigerians and ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian and social development programmes.
Mr. Ayuba Gufwan holds an LLB and is the executive director of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People Centre, Jos. He has collaborated with many politicians, and NGO over the years to distributed thousands of free wheelchairs and tricycles among people with physical disabilities in some northern and southern states in Nigeria.
Other appointees are Badamasi Lawal, Chief Executive Officer, National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
Lawal holds a doctorate degree in education, and he previously served as a commissioner in Katsina State.
Funmilola Olotu, Programme Manager, National Social Safety-Net Coordinating Office. She hold a master’s degree in business administration, and is the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Lagos State on state lotteries.
Aishat Alubankudi, Programme Manager, Grant for Vulnerable Groups. She holds a bachelor’s degree in community development and has experience as a risk assessor and financial manager.
Aderemi Adebowale, Programme Manager, Home Grown School Feeding. She holds a doctorate degree. She is the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Civic Engagement and previously served as a local government chairperson.
Programme Manager, National Cash Transfer Office, Abdullahi Alhassan Imam. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accountancy and has served as chief accountant, Northern Dairies Ltd, and as a bank manager.
Lami Binta Adamu Bello, Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons.
She holds a master’s degree in public administration and has served as the Secretary-General of ALGON, and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, as well as Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
The President said he expects the new heads of these critical agencies and programmes to discharge the functions of their offices with utmost integrity and diligence so as to ensure that Nigerians, especially vulnerable groups, are the exclusive and direct beneficiaries of his administration’s reconfigured welfare programmes.
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Congratulations and well-done Mr. President.
But is this to silence the mouths of persons with disabilities in Bauchi and Nigeria at large this period of Protest which is constitutional,when a high ranking person with disability was harssed by police men in Bauchi when he stepped out along with others to protest (exercising his civic right.
I come in Peace
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Thank God for these appointees. They are round pegs in round holes. We, the physically challenged from all the states, local government areas and communities in Nigeria will henceforth enjoy dividends of democracy from our president. We expect everybody to feel and enjoy it now. Congrats to all of them.