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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hakeem Muri-Okunola as his Principal Secretary.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Tunde Rahman, confirmed the appointment of Muri-Okunola on Sunday.
The appointment of Muri-Okunola was among many other new aides, whose appointment was released recently.
51-year old Muri-Okunola holds a first degree in law from Lagos State University (LASU) and a Master’s degree in International Business Law from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London.
An experienced public administrator and technocrat, the new Personal Secretary to the President, was at various times Associate Solicitor, Adepetun, Caxton-Martins and Agbor, Company Secretary/Legal Adviser at Ibile Holdings Limited, Personal Assistant to Governor of Lagos State, Executive Secretary, Land Use and Allocation Committee and Permanent Secretary in Lagos State Public Service.
He is the the first son of the respected late jurist, Justice Muritala Okunola, and he is expected to assume office on Monday.
In a related development President Tinubu approved the appointment of Stanley Nkwocha as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Office of the Vice President, along with seven other office holders.
The President also approved other appointments for the office of the Vice President, including the office of Special Adviser to the President on Economy, to be occupied by Tope Fasua.
According to the senior aide to the President, Dr. Muhammad Bulama has been names Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties.
“President Tinubu has appointed new aids to the Vice President’s office. Stanley Nkwocha SSA Media (VP Office); Tope Kolade Fasua Special Adviser Economy (VP Office); and Sadiq S Jambo SA Economy (VP Office).
“Dr. Muhammad Bulama SSA Special Duty (VP Office); Mahmud Muhammad Personal Assistant Domestic North-East (VP Office); Ahmed Ningi SSA Digital media and emergency management (VP Office); Musa Amshi Muhammad Al-Amin SSA Special Duties (VP Office); and Emmanuella Eduozor as SA Multimedia Content Production”, the list said.