On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) confirmed the appointment of former legislator Muhammad Zorro as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady, in a dramatic move.
This comes as the President has temporarily reassigned three of the first lady’s staffers to the office of the Secretary to the Federation’s Government.
President Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this in a statement headlined, ‘President Buhari Approves Sami Zorro SSA to First Lady, Redeployment and Disengagement of Others’, which he signed on Saturday.
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The president also authorized the immediate redeployment of three political appointees in her office to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, pending their assignment to other government departments or agencies, at the request of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari.
“Those affected by the redeployment are Dr. Mohammed Abdulrahman, who was Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and the First Lady’s Personal Physician; Hadi Uba, who was Special Assistant to the President on Administration; and Wole Aboderin, who was Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organizations,” according to Adesina.
“Also approved with effect from February 11, is the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Office of the First Lady.
“Zorro, a famous journalist, brings to the new job decades of experience in media practice, publishing, and unionist leadership. He was at various times President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, West African Journalists Association, and the Federation of African Journalists.
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“He was in the House of Representatives, where he chaired the committee on Internally Displaced Persons, Refugees and Initiatives in the North-East.”
Although the reason for the reshuffle remained unknown as of the filing of this report, it came barely 48 hours after the First Lady was spotted on an evening train returning from Kaduna to Abuja.
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