• Appoints Sani Zoro, SSA

—  Sacks One

 President Muhammadu Buhari today approved the appointment of former lawmaker and journalist, Muhammad Sani Zorro, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady.

This is even as Mr President redeployed three aides of the First Lady to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and approved the disengagement of one top aide.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday, titled, ‘President Buhari Approves Sani 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.

The statement added that, “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.”