President
Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments:
Babachir David
Lawal – Secretary to the Government of the Federation
Abba Kyari –
Chief of Staff to the President
Col. Hameed
Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service
Kure Martin
Abeshi – Comptroller-General, Nigerian Immigration Service.
Senator Ita S.J.
Enang – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate)
Hon. Suleiman A.
Kawu – SSA to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of
Representatives)
The appointments
are with effect from today, August 27, 2015.
Lawal, the new
Secretary to the Government of the Federation hails from Hong Local Government
Area, Adamawa State. He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in
1979 with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta Steel
Company, Aladja, Nigerian External Telecommunications Limited and Data Sciences
Limited before establishing his own ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm
in 1990. He is also a member of the Nigeria Computer Society, the Nigeria
Society of Engineers and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in
Nigeria.
Abba Kyari, the
new Chief of Staff to the President holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from
the University of Cambridge and the University of Warwick in Law and Sociology.
He has worked with the New Nigeria Development Company, New Africa Holdings,
African International Bank, United Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil in
various capacities over the years.
The new
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ali, holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees
in Criminology. He was military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to
1998.
The new
Comptroller- General of Immigration, Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa State. He
joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in 1989 as an Assistant Comptroller.
His educational qualifications include a Masters Degree in Public
Administration.
Femi Adesina
Special Adviser
to the President
(Media &
Publicity)
