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BREAKING: Tinubu Approves El-Rufai, Others For Appointment (FULL LIST)
BREAKING: Tinubu Approves El-Rufai, Others For Appointment (FULL LIST)
President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to help execute the Federal Government’s agenda across various sectors of the economy.
This announcement was conveyed by Olusola Abiola, the Director of Information at the Office of the Vice President, in a statement released on Monday.
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The team, which comprises 6 Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants, will be stationed in the Vice President’s office to support the implementation of the Tinubu administration’s “Renewed Hope” agenda.
The appointments in the Vice President’s office include:
- Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on NEC & Climate Change
- Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Economic Matters
- Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Special Adviser (SAD), General Duties
- Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Special Adviser (SAD) on Political Matters
- Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on PEBEC & Investment.
Others are:
- Sadiq Wanka, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Power Infrastructure
- Usman Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration & Office Coordination
- Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications
- Ishaq Ahmed Ningi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Media & Emergency Management
- Peju Adebajo, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Investment & Privatisation
- Mohammed Bulama, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political/Special Duties
- Kingsley Uzoma, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Agricbusiness & Productivity Enhancement
- Gimba Kakanda, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research & Analytics
- Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & MSMEs.
The list of appointments in the Vice President’s office is completed by:
- Nasir Yammama, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Innovation
- Zainab Yunusa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC
- Mariam Temitope, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes
- Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President).
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