There has been a major shake-up in the office of the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, which has seen the appointment of a former president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Sani Zorro, as the new Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy attached to the office.
At her instance, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment as well as the redeployment of a number of senior officials in her office.
A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) on Saturday, confirmed the development, saying that also
approved was the immediate redeployment of three of the political appointees in her office to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, pending their assignment to some other government departments or agencies.
Those affected by the redeployment are Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs).
Similarly approved with effect from 11th February is the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Office of the First Lady.
The statement affirmed that Zorro will bring to the new job decades-long experience in media practice, publishing, and unionist leadership.
It recalled that he was also at various times President of West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ).
Zorro was in the House of Representatives where he chaired the committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees, and Initiatives on North East. President Buhari approved the appointment of two more personal aides to the First Lady.
A’isha Rimi, a law graduate of the University of Buckingham in England is appointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters, Office of the First Lady.
A separate statement by Shehu explained that A’isha is a resourceful administrative executive and a founding partner at Africa Law Practice, a commercial law firm in Nigeria.
Similarly, the President approved the appointment of Dr. Zabah Muhammad Jawa as Personal Physician to the First Lady.
Dr Jawa is a Senior Consultant in Nuclear medicine and European Certified in Nuclear Medicine.
The statement said Jawa is a Fellow of the College of Radiologists of Nigeria and a Fellow of the South African College of Nuclear Physicians.
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