President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub as his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on National Assembly matters (House of Representatives).
The appointment of El-Yakub followed the resignation of Hon. Kawu Sumaila who occupied that position but recently resigned to contest the February 16, 2019 election.
Sumaila was appointed SSA to the President in August 2015, but he resigned to contest for membership of the House of Representatives for Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency in Kano State under the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, El-Yakub, an APC stalwart from Kano State, was a member of the House of Representatives, 1998, 2003-2007 representing Kano Municipal Federal Constituency.

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