Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 20 new aides, about three weeks after he made the last set of major appointments.
The new appointments, according to our source, include those of senior special assistants (SSAs), personal assistants (PAs), Personal Physicians and Photographers.
Among the new appointees, according to the list seen by Society Reporters, are veteran journalist Tunde Rahman, who has been designated SSA (Media); Abdulaziz Abdulaziz (SSA Print Media); and Ibrahim Masari (SSA Political).
The new set of appointments will be the third major one by Tinubu since his inauguration on 29 May.
On 2 June, Tinubu appointed the secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff.
On 15 June, he appointed eight advisers, including Dele Alake, as Special Adviser on Special Duties, communications and strategy and Wale Edun as special adviser on monetary policies.
He thereafter, on 19 June, appointed another set of people comprising the national security adviser, service chiefs, the Inspector General of Police and others.
Last Friday, Mr Tinubu set up a committee on tax reforms headed by Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Taiwo Oyedele.
See the full list of the newly appointed aides below:
Dr. Adekunle Tinubu – Personal Physician to President Tinubu
Tunde Rahman – Senior Special Assistant (Media)
Damilotun Aderemi – Senior Special Assistant (Private Secretary)
Ibrahim Masari – Senior Special Assistant (Political Matters)
Toyin Subair – Senior Special Assistant (Domestic)
Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – Senior Special Assistant (Print Media)
Demola Oshodi – Senior Special Assistant (Protocol)
Tope Ajayi – Senior Special Assistant (Media & Public Affairs)
Yetunde Sekoni – Senior Special Assistant
Motunrayo Jinadu – Senior Special Assistant
Segun Dada – Special Assistant (Social Media)
Paul Adekanye – Special Assistant (Logistics)
Friday Soton – Special Assistant (Housekeeping)
Mrs. Shitta-Bey Akande – Special Assistant (Catering)
Nosa Asemota – Special Assistant (Visual Communication), Personal Photographer
Kamal Yusuf – Personal Assistant (Special Duties)
Wale Fadairo – Personal Assistant (General Duties)
Sunday Moses – Personal Assistant (Videography)
Taiwo Okanlawon – Personal Assistant (State Photographer)
O’tega Ogra – Senior Special Assistant (Digital/New Media)