BREAKING: Buhari Makes Two New Appointments

Buhari has made two new appointments into the office of the first lady.

Onyxnews reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of two new aides for his wife, who is the first Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari.

The two new appointees according to a statement by media adviser Femi Adesina are: Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin and Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman.

This online news platform understands that Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin has been appointed the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs, while Dr. Mohammed Kamal has been appointed the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners in the Office of the First Lady.

Gurin is a doctorate degree holder in Curriculum Instruction from the University of Maiduguri and was at various times a Lecturer in the same University; a Deputy Director at the National Universities Commission (NUC); and a Director at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.

Gurin, who was a Senior Lecturer at Baze University in Abuja before her appointment, replaces Dr. Hajo Sani, who was recently appointed as Nigeria’s delegate to the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) in France.

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Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman on the other hand holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Maiduguri. He worked at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Yola; Specialist Hospital, Sithobela Health Centre in Swaziland; and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) before his appointment as the Personal Physician to the First Lady in 2015 and reappointed in 2019.

Dr. Kamal, Onyxnews gathered will combine his new role with his position as the Personal Physician to the First Lady.