President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Bayo Onanuga as special adviser on information & strategy.
He also approved the appointment of Delu Yakubu as senior special assistant on humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation.
Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, issued a statement on the appointments on Friday.
Ngelale said the appointments were part of efforts to “prioritize effective and efficient working synergy between the Presidency and Federal Ministries”.
“President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of professionals who have prior working experience within the architecture of the Federal Ministries they will be coordinating with, in addition to duties that will be carried out at the President’s discretion.”
“This will also be in addition to duties to be carried out at the President’s discretion.
“The President wishes the new presidential aides well in the discharge of their duties,” he said.
Bayo Onanuga is a Nigerian journalist.
He co-founded TheNews Magazine. He was appointed managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2016.
Before that, he was the CEO and editor-in-chief of PM News and TheNEWS magazine.