Following the resignation of Mr. Kawu Sumaila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub as his replacement.
Sumaila, appointed SSA in August 2015, resigned to contest for membership of the House of Representatives representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency in Kano State under the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
His successor, El-Yakub, an APC stalwart from Kano state, was a member of the House of Representatives in 1999 and 2003-2007 representing Kano Municipal Federal Constituency.