Buhari appoints Sani Zorro, former NUJ president, as aide of First Lady

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Muhammad Sani Zorro, former lawmaker, as senior special assistant to the president on public affairs and strategy in the office of the First Lady.

Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, announced the appointment in a statement, on Saturday.

Zorro is a veteran journalist, who was president of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), West African Journalists Association (WAJA) and the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ).

He was also in the house of representatives where he chaired the committee on internally-displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and initiatives on north-east.

Shehu also said the president approved the immediate redeployment of 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.

He said the president approved the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem, special assistant to the president on domestic and social events in office of the First Lady.