Buhari sacks aide, makes new appointment

<p><strong>President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Zainab Kazeem&comma; an aide to the first lady&comma; Aisha Buhari&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kazeem was the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events&comma; Office of the First Lady&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buhari also appointed Sani Zorro&comma; a journalist&comma; politician and former lawmaker as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy&comma; Office of the First Lady&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement on Saturday signed by Presidential spokesperson&comma; Garba Shehu&comma; some redeployments were also made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At the instance of the First Lady&comma; Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari&comma; 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&comma; pending their assignment to some other government departments or agencies&period; Those affected by the redeployment are&colon; Dr&period; Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman&comma; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners and Personal Physician to the First Lady&semi; Hadi Uba&comma; Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Wole Aboderin&comma; Special Assistant to the President on Non-Governmental Organisations&comma; NGOs&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-jonathan-reveals-preferred-candidate-to-succeed-buhari&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">2023&colon; Jonathan Reveals Candidate To Succeed Buhari<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Also approved with effect from 11th February is the disengagement of Zainab Kazeem&comma; the Special Assistant to the President on Domestic and Social Events&comma; Office of the First Lady&period; Zorro&comma; a famous journalist brings to the new job decades-long experience in media practice&comma; publishing and unionist leadership&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He was at various times President&comma; Nigeria Union of Journalists&comma; NUJ&comma; West African Journalists Association &lpar;WAJA&rpar; and the Federation of African Journalists&comma; FAJ&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;