New Speaker House of Reps appoints 34 aides

As conversations continue the centre around reducing cost of governance and starving the poor to subsidize the rich, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives has appointed 34 aides.

A press statement from the Office of the Speaker, House of Representatives dated
June 26, 2023, reads:

FRESH APPOINTMENTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1. ENGR. JAMIL AHMED MUHAMMED – DEP. CHIEF OF STAFF – ADMINISTRATION

2. DR. DUNKWU CHAMBERLAIN – DEP. CHIEF OF STAFF – LEGISLATIVE

3. HON. AHMED DAYYABU SAFANA – SPECIAL ADVISER, SPECIAL DUTIES

4. DR. HAMISU IBRAHIM KUBAU – SPECIAL ADVISER, POLITICAL MATTERS

5. BARR. SAMUEL AJAYI – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, LEGAL MATTERS

6. BARR. OSAZEE MELODY OGUNDIJIE – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, LEGISLATIVE MATTERS

7. BARR. AMINU RAMALAN – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, FINANCE

8. AMB. IBRAHIM HAMIDU GUSAU – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, INTERNATIONAL AND INTERPARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

9. LAMIR UMAR IBRAHIM – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, YOUTH MATTERS

10. YETUNDE ADENIJI – SPECIAL – ASSISTANT, WOMEN AFFAIRS

11. HON. RAPHAEL NNANA IGBOKWE – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

12. ZAKARI ALIYU – PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY

13. LEKE BAYEIWU – CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY

14. NURA ADAMU – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, BROADCAST MEDIA

15. AHMED BABA MUSA – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, PRINT MEDIA

16. OLABAMIJI ENITAN JOWOSIMI – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, NEW MEDIA

17. ALIYU GARBA WAZIRI – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, EXECUTIVE RELATIONS AND JOB CREATION

18. MOHAMMED SALAME – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY – ICT

19. HON. FRIDAY ITULAH – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (SOUTH SOUTH)

20. HON. GODFREY GAIYA – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (NORTH WEST)

21. HANMATION MARK TERSOO – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (NORTH CENTRAL)

22. HON. ZAKARI GALADIMA – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (NORTH EAST)

23. ABDULSALAM BABAKAYODE – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (SOUTH WEST)

24. HON. OKWUDILI CHRISTOPHER EZENWANKWO – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, POLITICAL MATTERS (SOUTH EAST)

25. HON. ABDULLAHI SA’AD ABDULKADIR – SPECIAL ASSISTANT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

26. LAWAL SHEHU ALIYU – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE – NEW MEDIA 1

27. MARY ANN UJU ONYEJIMBE – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE

28. NURA MUSTAPHA – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE

29. YAHAYA AMINU PATE – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE – (PERSONAL ASSISTANT)

30. AUWAL USMAN KOMBANI – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE – NEW MEDIA II

31. VICTOR NGUN – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE, VISUAL COMMUNICATION

32. ANDREW FABIAN – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE – PHOTOGRAPHY

33. DAVID ADEBAYO DOLAPO – SENIOR LEGISLATIVE AIDE – OFFICIAL VIDEOGRAPHER

Signed
Musa Abdullahi Krishi, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The Speaker had earlier appointed Olanrewaju Smarth as his Chief of Staff. Smarth was the Chief of Staff to the immediate past Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila who is currently Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This brings the number of his aides to 34 at the moment.

About Speaker Tajudeen Abbas:

1. He was born on October 1, 1963, in Kaduna State.
2. He is a prince with the traditional title of the Iyan Zazzau in the Zazzau Emirate.
3. Obtained both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business Administration from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, in 1988 and 1993 respectively.
4. Completed a doctorate degree in business management at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto in 2010.
5. He was a lecturer at the Kaduna State University (KASU) between 1993 to 2001.
6. Worked as a Marketing Manager at the Nigerian Tobacco Distribution Company, now the British-American Tobacco Company from 2001 to 2005
7. Joined politics in 2010 and contested for the House of Representatives seat in 2011 and won.
8. Sponsored the highest number of bills in the 8th Assembly between 2015 and 2019 and also sponsored record-breaking 74 bills out of which 21 were signed into law between 2019 to 2023.
9. He had served in more than seven committees in the House since 2015 including Commerce, Finance, Special Duties, Defence, Public Procurement, and National Planning and Economic Development Committee.
10. Until his emergence as the Speaker, Abbas was the House Committee Chairman for Land Transport.