President Bola Tinubu has appointed Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the
Lagos state head of service, as his principal private secretary.
The presidency announced the appointment on Sunday evening
in a post on the X platform.
“Hakeem Muri Okunola appointed Principal Secretary to
President Tinubu,” the post reads.
“An astute
administrator, former Personal Assistant to President Bola Tinubu when he was
governor of Lagos state, and recently Head of Civil Service of Lagos State,
Hakeem Muri Okunola brings over 25 years of experience in law and public
service to his new role as Principal Secretary to President Bola Tinubu.”
After serving as his personal assistant, Tinubu 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.
Popularly known as HMO, Hakeem 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 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.
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