President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of five new members to his presidential media advisory team.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the appointments were announced in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.
The new appointees are:
- Mr. Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice)
- Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement)
- Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications)
- Mr. Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs)
- Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to the President — Special Duties)
The President also approved the secondment of Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe to serve as the Communications Adviser to the President of the ECOWAS Commission.
In the statement, President Tinubu tasked all new appointees who are serving in the Media & Publicity directorate to uphold the highest standards of decorum and decency in their engagements with all members of the public as they advance the President’s determined bid to renew the hope of Nigerians in a restructured economy and unified society that caters sufficiently to the needs of all, regardless of any differences.
The full statement reads:
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA ADVISORY TEAM MEMBERS
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following men and women to serve in the Office of the President under the Media & Publicity Directorate with full respect for the tenets of Nigeria’s federal character principle and the supremacy of merit:
(1) Mr. Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice)
(2) Mr. Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement)
(3) Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications)
(4) Mr. Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs)
(5) Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to the President — Special Duties)
President Tinubu has further approved the secondment of Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe to serve as the Communications Adviser to the President of the ECOWAS Commission.
The President tasks all new appointees who are serving in the Media & Publicity directorate to uphold the highest standards of decorum and decency in their engagements with all members of the public as they advance the President’s determined bid to renew the hope of Nigerians in a restructured economy and unified society that caters sufficiently to the needs of all, regardless of any differences.
Chief Ajuri Ngelale
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
October 9, 2023
