By BASHIR ADEFAKA
President Bola Ahmed Tinunu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualise the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy.
The team comprising six 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.
Olusola Abiola, Director Information, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Monday, dated 18th September 2023.
The appointments in the Vice President’s office include those of Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser to the President on NEC and Climate Change; Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters; Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Special Adviser to the President on General Duties; Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, and Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President on PEBEC and Investment.
Others include Sadiq Wanka, Special Adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure; Usman Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Office Coordination; Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications; Ishaq Ahmed 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, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Agricbusiness and Productivity Enhancement; Gimba Kakanda, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research and Analytics, and Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, 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, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes, and Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President).
According to Abiola, this set of appointments completes the list of appointments in the Office of the Vice President.
