BREAKING: President Bola Tinubu Sets to Name New Appointee

• President Bola Tinubu has been reported to be planning to announce a new appointee, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the Lagos State head of service
• Muri-Okunola will be taking the position of the principal private secretary, a position whose primary assignment was yet to be defined
• Recall that Muri-Okunola served as special assistant to Tinubu between 2003 and 2005 when he was the governor of Lagos State

Aso Rock, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has been revealed to have been prepared to announce a new appointee any moment from now.

The Cable, in an exclusive post on Twitter on Wednesday morning, July 12, disclosed that the President will soon name Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the head of service in Lagos State, as his principal private secretary.

Tinubu to appoint former personal assistance

Muri-Okunola served as personal assistant to Tinubu between 2003 and 2005, when the latter was the governor of Lagos State. The Lagos State head of service is often referred to as HMO.

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Tinubu later appointed HMO as the executive secretary of the land use and allocation committee.

HMO later rose to be permanent secretary in 2011 and 10 years after joining the civil service and was subsequently posted to the Lands Bureau in the Governor's office.

Since he took over from Folashade Adesoye in December 2018, HMO has been at the position of the head of service.

Profile of Hakeem Muri-Okunola, new appointees of President Tinubu

The appointee in waiting is 51-year-old and he is the first son of the Late Justice Muritala.

Job description of HMO is yet to be defined since President Tinubu already has a chief of staff.

President Tinubu have until July 28 to unveil the ministers and forward their names to the national assembly for screening.

According to the law, every president and governor must unveil their minister, commissioners and other cabinet members within their first 60 days in office.

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President Tinubu appoints special assistant on social media, 1 other

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu appointed two fresh appointees to the list of appointments he had made barely two months after taking to the list of appointments he had made barely two months that he took the oath of office.

Jubril Gawat, the former aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, disclosed that President Tinubu appointed Olusegun Dada as special assistant on social media.

Bashir Ahmed, the former aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, also disclosed that President Tinubu appointed Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as the special assistant on print media.

Source: Legit.ng