President Muhammadu Buhari has approved
the appointments of Engr. Babachir David
Lawal as Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Alhaji Abba Kyari as Chief of
Staff to the President and Col. Hameed
Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) as Comptroller-General
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
The President has also approved the
appointments of Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi -
as Comptroller-General, Nigerian
Immigration Service, Senator Ita S.J.
Enang as SSA to the President on National
Assembly Matters (Senate), Hon. Suleiman
A. Kawu as SSA to the President on
National Assembly Matters (House of
Representatives), a statement by his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina said on Thursday.
The appointments are with effect from
today, August 27, 2015.
Engr. 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.
Alhaji 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
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We all knw wat his appointment will look like. Not surprise.