Governor Nasir el-Rufai has retained three senior officials of his administration including Secretary to the State Government, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Principal Private Secretary Dr. Salisu Suleiman and Senior Adviser-Counsellor Jimi Lawal for the last leg of his administration,
A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, made available to Blueprint on Monday in Kaduna said both Balarabe Abbas Lawal and Salisu Suleiman were among the first set of appointees by el-Rufai in May 2015.
“Several special assistants also retain their roles, while Barrister James Kanyip, has been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of the Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe. Kanyip holds an LL.M in human rights law.
“Further to this, Malam Nasir el-Rufai has approved the following appointments: Peter Jones, Deputy Chief of Staff (administration), Zainab Mohammed, senior special assistant, economic matters/administrator of the Kashim Ibrahim Fellowship Programme and Adejoh Momoh, special assistant, research & documentation,” the statement said.
Other new appointments include, “Joel Adoga, special assistant administration, Mubarak Mohammed special assistant project implementation, Hosea Sani special assistant, KADGIS, Maimuna Zakari, special assistant, priority projects, Halima Idris special assistant, Creative Arts Development, Tamar Nandul Special Assistant, Inter-Governmental Relations.
“Peculiar Nwaohiri, special Assistant, Abuja Liaison Office, Elias Yahaya Special Assistant, Programmes, Iliyasu Jega Special Assistant, Protocol and Umar Farouk Saleh personal Assistant.
“All special advisers are to continue in their current roles until the expiration of the tenure of the Kaduna State House of Assembly that was elected in 2015. Further announcements on appointments and re-appointments will be made after the newly elected Kaduna State House of Assembly convenes.”
