Full List: President Tinubu Appoints 18 Aides In VP’s Office

Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed 18 aides, including special advisers and senior special assistants, to serve in the office of Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Here is the full list of the appointees:

Special Advisers

• Rukaiya El-Rufai, NEC and Climate Change
• Tope Kolade Fasua, Economic Matters
• Aliyu Modibbo Umar, General Duties
• Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Political Matters
• Jumoke Oduwole, PEBEC and Investment
• Sadiq Wanka, Power Infrastructure

Senior Special Assistants

• Usman Mohammed, Administration and Office Coordination
• Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, Media and Communications
• Ishaq Ahmed Ningi, Digital Media and Emergency Management
• Peju Adebajo, Investment and Privatisation
• Mohammed Bulama, Political/Special Duties
• Kingsley Uzoma, Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement
• Gimba Kakanda, Research and Analytics
• Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Job Creation and MSMEs
• Nasir Yammama, Innovation
• Zainab Yunusa, NEC
• Mariam Temitope, Regional Development Programmes
• Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel

The appointments were made public in a statement by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information in the Office of the Vice President.

The statement said that the new team will work to support the “Renewed Hope” agenda of the Tinubu administration.

Some of the notable names on the list include 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.

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