President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu, and a former Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Dele Alake, as special advisers.
The president announced this in a statement on Thursday by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye.
In a statement, Oladunjoye said the President appointed Ribadu as special adviser on security, while Alake, on the other hand, will serve as special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy.
The President also appointed six other individuals as special advisers, they include: Yau Darazo as Special Adviser on Political and Intergovernmental Affairs; Mrs Olu Verheijen as Special Adviser on Energy and Zachaeus Adedeji as Special Adviser on Revenue.
Others are former Lagos commissioner, Wale Edun, as special adviser on monetary policies; John Ugochukwu Uwajumogu as Special Adviser on Industry, Trade and Investment, and Dr (Mrs) Salma Anas as Special Adviser on Health.
The appointments are with immediate effect, the statement concluded.
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The fresh appointments followed the Senate’s approval of Tinubu’s request for 20 Special Advisers on June 6, 2023.
The President had on June 2, 2023, named a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his chief of staff and a former Governor of Benue State, George Akume, as Secretary to the government of the federation.
