Senate Grants Tinubu’s Request to Appoint 20 Special Advisers

•House receives same request

Udora Orizu in Abuja

The Senate, yesterday, granted the request of President Bola Tinubu to appoint 20 special advisers.

Tinubu’s request was granted after it was read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who said, “It is utmost urgency” that the president has his team to work with, “Because there is no name for special advisers we will just approve it from here. We feel that that this is something of utmost urgency.”

Tinubu did not list the names of the 20 special advisers.

In the same breath, Tinubu, has written same letter to the House of Representatives, requesting approval to appoint 20 Special Advisers.

The letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who is now the Chief of Staff to the president, was read at resumed plenary yesterday.

In the communication read by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Ahmed Wase, who presided at plenary, the president sought swift approval for the appointments to enable him run his administration smoothly.

Tinubu had last Friday announced the appointment of Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff, as well as the immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

The Director, Information in the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye, had in a statement said, Tinubu announced the appointments at a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.