Monrovia, Sept. 9 -- Disability Rights Activist Dakpannah U-Thant Nicholas Smith has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. to appoint a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Needs and Equal Opportunities to ensure that issues affecting persons with disabilities receive greater attention at the highest level of government.

By Patience M. Jones,patiencejones@frontpageafricaonline.com

Smith made the appeal Monday through an open letter addressed to President Boakai and posted on his official Facebook page, arguing that disability inclusion must become a central part of Liberia's national development agenda.

In the letter, Smith urged the President to establish the proposed position within the Ministry of State for Pre...