Tinubu Approves 6 Special Advisers, 12 Other Aides for Shettima

Deji Elumoye in Abuja 

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualize the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy.

The team, according to a release issued on Monday by the Director of Information in the office of the Vice-President, Olusola Abiola, is made up of six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants who will work in the office of the vice-president, supporting the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. 

The appointments in the vice-president’s office include Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser to the President on NEC & Climate Change; Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters; Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Special Adviser, General Duties; Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Special Adviser on Political Matters; Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser  to the President on PEBEC & Investment and

Sadiq Wanka, Special Adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure.

Others include 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, and Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & MSMEs.

Nasir Yammama, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Innovation; Zainab Yunusa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC; Mariam Temitope, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Regional Development Programmes, and Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President), completes the list of appointments in the vice-president’s office.