President Buhari Appoints New Aides For Wife, Aisha
Aisha Buhari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife and First Lady, has been given additional assistants.
President Buhari authorized the appointment of Dr. Rukayyatu Abdulkareem Gurin as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration and Women Affairs in the Office of the First Lady, according to a statement released by his media adviser, Femi Adesina, on Monday.
Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman was also appointed as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Health and Development Partners in the First Lady’s Office by Buhari.
Dr. Guri holds a doctorate degree in Curriculum Instruction from the University of Maiduguri, according to NEWS DIRECT. She worked as a lecturer at the University of Maiduguri, as a Deputy Director at the National Universities Commission (NUC), and as a Director at the Kuru-based National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies.
Prior to her assignment, she worked as a Senior Lecturer at Baze University in Abuja. Dr. Hajo Sani, who was recently appointed as Nigeria’s Delegate to the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) in France, will be replaced by her.
Nevertheless, Dr. Abdulrahman graduated from the University of Maiduguri with a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery. Before being appointed as the Personal Physician to the First Lady in 2015 and reappointed in 2019, 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).
