FINALLY, BUHARI APPOINTS SECRETARY TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OTHERS

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of the following persons to the position most Nigerians had cried out should not be vacant since he was inaugurated. The following persons will hold the offices attached to their names.

• Engr. Babachir David Lawal as Secretary to the Government of the Federation

• Alhaji Abba Kyari as Chief of Staff to the President and

• Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) as Comptroller-General Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). 

• Mr. KureMartin Abeshi -as Comptroller-General, Nigerian ImmigrationService

• Senator Ita S.J. Enang as SSA to the President onNational Assembly Matters (Senate)

• Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu as SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Houseof Representatives)

A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina confirmed the names on Thursday. The appointments are with effect from today, August 27,2015.

Engr. Lawal, the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zariain 1979 with a Bachelor Degree in Engineering and worked with the Delta Steel Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited and Data Sciences Limited before establishing his own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm in 1990. He is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the Nigeria Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria. 

Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick in Law and Sociology. He has worked with the New Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings, African International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil in various capacities over the years. 

The new Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Criminology. He was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998. 

The new Comptroller- General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa State. He joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as an Assistant Comptroller. His educational qualifications include a Masters Degree in Public Administration.