President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 special advisers and senior special assistant to work with him in the different sectors of the economy through the office of the Vice President and towards the actualization of the renewed hope agenda.
The names of the new presidential aides were revealed in a statement released by the Director of information, office of the vice president, Mr Olusola Abiola, on Monday in Abuja.
According to Mr Abiola, the new appointees comprised six special advisers and twelve senior special assistants all whom would work in the office of the Vice president, Kashim Shettima, to support the renewed hope agenda of the Tinubu-led administration.
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Among the new presidential aides is Rukaiya El-Rufai, a financial expert and daughter of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai. Also included in the list is Hakeem Baba Ahmed, spokesperson of the Northern elder forum, Jumoke Oduwole, Kingsley Nwokocha, Bashir Maidugu among others.
The full list including the names and portfolios of the new presidential aides are here below:
- Rukaiya El-Rufai as Special Adviser to the president on National Economic Council (NEC) and Climate Change
- Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser to the president on Economic matters.
- Aliyu Modibbo as the Special Adviser, General Duties.
- Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as Special Adviser, Political Matters
- Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President on Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and Investment.
- Sadiq Wanka, Special Adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure;
- Usman Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Office Coordination
- Kingsley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications.
- Ishaq Ningi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Media and Emergency Management.
- Peju Adebajo, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Investment and Privatisation.
- Mohammed Bulama, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political/Special Duties.
- Kingsley Uzoma as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement.
- Gimba Kakanda, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research and Analytics.
- Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation and MSMEs.
- Nasir Yammama, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Innovation.
- Zainab Yunusa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC.
- Mariam Temitope as Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes.
- Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President).