Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Lagos state head of service, will
be named principal private secretary (PPS) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
TheCable reports that Muri-Okunola, also known as “HMO”, was
personal assistant to Tinubu between 2003 and 2005 when he was governor of
Lagos state.
Tinubu thereafter appointed him executive secretary of the
land use and allocation committee.
He became permanent secretary in 2011 — about 10 years after
joining the civil service — and was posted to the Lands Bureau in the
Governor’s Office.
He has been head of service since December 2018 when he took
over from Folashade Adesoye.
HMO, who was 51 in January, is the first son of the late
Justice Muritala Okunola.
It is still unclear what his job description as PPS will be
since the president already has a chief of staff.
When President Umaru Musa Yar’Adau appointed a PPS in 2007,
he abolished the office of chief of staff.
However, President Goodluck Jonathan had a chief of staff in
addition to a “principal secretary” without the “private”.
TheCable also reports that Femi Gbajabiamila, the chief of
staff, may focus more on the political aspects of the president’s engagements
while Muri-Okunola may handle the administrative matters.
Damilotun Aderemi has also been appointed senior special
assistant (private secretary).
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