Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has appointed Peter Aliyu, a speech-impaired  man, as his Special Assistant on Sanitation.

Aliyu, who was a former cleaner under the Geemoney Cleaning Scheme in the Government House, Lokoja, continued his cleaning work without pay even when the company was said to have laid off all its staff.

He is among the 47 new appointees of the governor as announced on Wednesday last week in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Folashade Ayoade.

Aliyu’s appointment was borne out of the governor’s observation of his consistency, diligence, and dedication to work on daily basis at the Government House.

Governor Bello, on the other hand, was said to have considered the appointee’s impairment to serve in his government as a means to enlist him and prove that there was ability in disability.

Recently, the governor gave special considerations to people with disabilities by engaging them actively in his government and signed bills that would enhance their welfare in the state.