Buhari Appoints Former NUJ President, Sani Zorro, As Aide, Deploys Him To First Lady’s Office

By Uche Mbah

President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved  the  appointment of Sani Zorro, a Journalist,  and former lawmaker as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady.

In a statement Saturday signed by a Presidential Spokesperson, Garba Shehu, redeployments were also made which involved the office of the First Lady.

“At the instance of the First Lady, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the President has also approved the immediate redeployment of three of the political appointees in her office to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, pending their assignment to some other Government Departments or Agencies.

“Those affected by the redeployment are: Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady; Hadi Uba, Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin, Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs”, the statement said.

“Also approved with effect from 11th February is the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events, Office of the First Lady.

“Zorro, a famous journalist brings to the new job decades-long experience in media practice, publishing and unionist leadership.

“He was at various times President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists, FAJ”, the statement read.

It is not known why the deployments and redeployment were made, but they came 24 hours after the First Lady’s trip to Kano and Kaduna, and after her photographs, on a Kaduna-Abuja train,  made waves in both traditional and new media.