Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed 18 aides in the office of Vice-President Kashim Shettima.
The aides comprise of special advisers and senior special assistants.
In a statement on Monday, Olusola Abiola, a director of information in the office of the vice-president, said Shettima’s new team has six special advisers and 12 senior special assistants.
“The team comprising 6 Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants will work in the office of the Vice President, supporting the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of the Tinubu administration,” the statement reads.
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Some of the notable names on the list are Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and elder brother of Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate; Tope Kolade Fasua, a columnist at TheCable; and Gimba Kakanda, a public policy analyst.
Here is the full list of the appointees;
- Rukaiya El-Rufai, special adviser, NEC and Climate Change.
- Tope Kolade Fasua, special adviser, economic matters.
- Aliyu Modibbo Umar, special adviser, general duties.
- Hakeem Baba Ahmed, special adviser, political matters.
- Jumoke Oduwole, special adviser, PEBEC and Investment.
- Sadiq Wanka, special adviser, power infrastructure.
- Usman Mohammed, senior special assistant, administration and office coordination.
- Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, senior special assistant, media and communications.
- Peju Adebajo, senior special assistant, investment and privatisation
- Mohammed Bulama, senior special assistant, political/special duties
- Kingsley Uzoma, senior special assistant, agribusiness and productivity enhancement
- Gimba Kakanda, senior special assistant, research and analytics
- Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, senior special assistant, job creation and MSMEs.
- Nasir Yammama, senior special assistant, innovation
- Zainab Yunusa, senior special assistant, NEC
- Mariam Temitope, senior special assistant, regional development programmes.
- Bashir Maidugu, deputy state house counsel.
- Ishaq Ahmed Ningi, senior special assistant, digital media and emergency management.