Appointment
Rukaiya El-Rufai, Tope Fasua, Jumoke Oduwole, Gimba Kakanda among Shettima’s 18 aides
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 special advisers and senior special assistants for the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
The appointments were announced in a statement signed by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, on Monday.
According to the statement, “the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants will work in the office of Vice-President Shettima, supporting the “Renewed Hope” agenda of the Tinubu administration.”
“The approved appointees for Shettima include Rukaiya El-Rufai, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on NEC & Climate Change; Tope Kolade Fasua as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Economic Matters; Aliyu Modibbo Umar, Special Adviser (SAD), General Duties; Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Special Adviser (SAD) on Political Matters, and Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on PEBEC & Investment.
Dr. Jumoke Oduwole served as Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business and PEBEC Secretary under former Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
“Others include, Sadiq Wanka, Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Power Infrastructure; Usman Mohammed, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration & Office Coordination; Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications; Ishaq Ahmed Ningi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Digital Media & Emergency Management.
“Also on the list of appointees are Peju Adebajo, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Investment & Privatisation; Mohammed Bulama, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political/Special Duties; Kingsley Uzoma, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Agricbusiness & Productivity Enhancement; Gimba Kakanda, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Research & Analytics, and Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Job Creation & MSMEs.
Nasir Yammama, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Innovation; Zainab Yunusa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on NEC; Mariam Temitope, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Regional Development Programmes, and Bashir Maidugu, Deputy State House Counsel (Senior Special Assistant to the President), completes the list of appointments in the Vice President’s office.
