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Embattled Tinubu appoints Fred Nwabufo, Fela Durotoye, Aliyu Audu, others as media aides

Mr Tinubu tasked the new appointees to uphold the highest standards of decorum and decency in their engagements with the public.

• October 9, 2023
President Bola Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu [Credit: Tinubu]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the following men and women to serve in the Office of the President under the Media & Publicity Directorate with full respect for the tenets of Nigeria’s federal character principle and the supremacy of merit:

(1) Mr Fela Durotoye (Senior Special Assistant to the President — National Values & Social Justice)

(2) Mr Fredrick Nwabufo (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Public Engagement)

(3) Mrs Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe (Senior Special Assistant to the President — Strategic Communications)

(4) Mr Aliyu Audu (Special Assistant to the President — Public Affairs)

(5) Mr Francis Adah Abah (Personal Assistant to the President — Special Duties)

President Tinubu has further approved the secondment of Mrs Linda Nwabuwa Akhigbe to serve as the Communications Adviser to the president of the ECOWAS Commission.

The president tasks all new appointees who are serving in the Media & 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.

Chief Ajuri Ngelale

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

October 9, 2023

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