*Redeploys 3 appointees, disengages First Lady’s aide
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a journalist and former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Muhammad Sani Zorro, as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made available to TheIdeal on Saturday.
Shehu also stated that at the instance of the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, the President has 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.
Those affected by the redeployment are: Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs.
Buhari also approved the disengagement of the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Office of the First Lady, Mrs Zainab Kazeem, with effect from February 11.
Shehu added that Zorro, a famous journalist, is expected to bring to the new job decades-long experience in media practice, publishing and unionist leadership.
He was at various times President, Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ).
He was in the House of Representatives where he chaired the committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees and Initiatives on North-East.
