The President, Muhammadu Buhari, in a drastic move on
Saturday, approved the appointment of former lawmaker, Muhammad Zorro, as the
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy,
Office of the First Lady.
This is as the President temporarily redeployed three aides
of the first lady to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled,
‘President Buhari Approves Sami Zorro SSA to First Lady, Redeployment and
Disengagement of Others’.
At the insistence of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, the
president also approved 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.
Adesina said, “Those affected by the redeployment are: Dr.
Mohammed Abdulrahman, who was Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi
Uba, who was Special Assistant to the President on Administration; and Wole
Aboderin, who was Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental
Organisations.
“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.
“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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