Nigeria: President Tinubu Names Gbajabiamila As Chief of Staff, Akume As SGF

The President also named Goerge Akume the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as his Chief of Staff.

The president also named George Akume Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF).

Mr Akume, a former governor of Benue State, is the immediate past minister of special duties in the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari

In the same vein, Mr Tinubu, in a statement on Friday signed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, director of information in the State House, named Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia as the deputy chief of staff in the office of the Vice President.

Read the full statement below:

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS FEMI GBAJABIAMILA COS, SEN. IBRAHIM HADEJIA, DCOS, GEORGE AKUME, SGF

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

Abiodun Oladunjoye

Director, Information.

June 02, 2023

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