President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of some new aides under the Media and Publicity Directorate with full respect for the tenets of Nigeria’s federal character principle and the supremacy of merit.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, made this known on Monday in a press statement.
The new media aides 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) and Mr. Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to the President — Special Duties).
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The president also approved the secondment of Mrs. Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe to serve as the Communications Adviser to the President of the ECOWAS Commission.
The president, according to Ngelale, tasked all new appointees who were serving in the media and 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.