EXCLUSIVE: Buhari, others have 101 presidential aides; Buhari 24, Osinbajo 52 [FULL LIST]

Between himself, his wife and close lieutenants, President Muhammadu Buhari has at least 101 aides, PREMIUM TIMES can report.

However, over 50 percent of those aides are attached to the office of the vice president.

PREMIUM TIMES has obtained a list of presidential appointees serving as aides to President Buhari, his wife, Aisha Buhari, the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, and other government officials.

Apart from the two men, Mr. Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has eight aides attached to him.

Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has six presidential aides atttached to his office, while the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has five of such aides.

The wife of the president has three recognised aides while the two presidential media assistants are attached to the Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

Mr. Osinbajo is said to have appointed at least 15 of those aides between June and August, 2017 when Mr. Buhari was away on medical vacation.

‘ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN’

The list shows that Mr. Buhari’s office has aides on wide range of issues, from key areas of administration and media to social events and housekeeping.

The area with the highest number of aides is media, which has eight appointees – at least one known media aide of the president is however not listed.

The eight in the list, apart from the two official spokespersons of the president, include two aides on new/social media, two on photography and one aide each for “TV Media” and “Broadcast Media”.

LION SHARE FOR OSINBAJO

But while Mr. Buhari has a total number of 24 aides, Mr. Osinbajo has 52, going by the list.

Apart from the initial 21 appointees in the office of the vice president, who handle key areas from economy to social investment programme and media, the vice president has another list of 31 aides to his name.

For the latter list of 31, the aides are grouped into two; 14 are identified as donor funded while the rest are categorised as “government funded”.

Those identified as being funded by donors include senior special assistants on power, IDPs, power privatization, monitoring and evaluation, among others.

Omissions

However, like a previous list of appointees officially released by the president, this list is also not without omissions.

Omitted from the list, by PREMIUM TIMES’s check, are at least one aide each for Mr. Buhari and Mr. Osinbajo.

Bashir Ahmad, a Personal Assistant of Mr. Buhari on New Media is excluded so also is a special assistant to the president on inter-governmental affairs, working in the office of the vice president, Abdulrahman Baffa Yola.

The list also does not include security personnel and civil servants attached to these individuals, who an insider said are also in their dozens.

For example, both the president and the vice president are said to have protocol officers and chief security officers.

The president also has an army colonel serving as his Aide de Camp, ADC. A senior police officer is serving the vice president in similar role.

“This is in addition to a routine of other officials deployed from all over the government to serve the two men,” a presidency source said.

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LIST OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES
S/No.	NAMES	PORTFOLIO	DATE
POLITICAL APPOINTEES BY THE PRESIDENT
1	Mrs. Anne H. Ewohime	Special Assistant (Catering Services) to the President
2	Saleh Yuguda	Special Assistant (House Keeping) to the President
3	Mr. Garba Shehu	Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the President
4	Mr. Sarki Abba	Senior Special Assistant (Household & Social Events) to the President
5	Mr. Sabi’u Yusuf	Special Assistant (Personal Assistant) to the President
6	Mr. Femi Adesina	Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President
7	Ya’u Shehu Darazo	Senior Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
8	Dr. Suhayb Sanusi Rafindadi	Personal Physician to the President
9	Mohammad Hamisu Sani	Special Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
10	Brig. Gen. P T Boroh (rtd)	Special Adviser to the President/Coordinator, Amnesty Programme
11	Mallam Abba Kyari	Chief of Staff to the President
12	Ahmed Muhammadu Mayo	Special Assistant on Finance and Administration
13	Tolu Ogunlesi	Special Assistant on Digital/News Media
14	Nasiru Adhama	Special Assistant on Youth and Student Affairs
15	Ayuba Balami	Special Assistant on Social Events
16	Bayo Omoboriowo	Personal Assistant to the President (Presidential Photographer)
17	Sunday Aghaeze	Personal Assistant to the President (State Photographer)
18	Naziru Mohammad Bashiru	Personal Assistant to the President (TV Media)
19	Shaaban Ibrahim Ibrahim Sanda	Personal Assistant to the President (Broadcast Media)
20	Lauretta Onochie	Personal Assistant to the President (Social Media)
21	Dr. Samuel Ankeli	Senior Special Assistant on Physically Challenged
22	Abike Dabiri-Erewa	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs & Diaspora
23	Princess (Mrs. Adejoke O. Adefulire	Senior Special Assistant on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
24	Shehu Garba	Special Assistant on Physically Challenged
VICE PRESIDENT
1	Dr. Balkisu Saidu	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Research, Legal & Compliance Matters
2	Mr. Adeola Rahman Ipaye	Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
3	Mr. Laolu Akande	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
4	Mrs. Maryam Uwais	Special Adviser (Social Investment)
5	Mr. Emmanuel Oludolapo Bright	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Management Team
6	Mr. Edobor Iyamu	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Affairs
7	Mr. Ismaeel Ahmed	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programmes
8	Ms. Olayinka Oyeneyin	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Project Management
9	Fadi Rose Audu	Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Matters
10	Mr. Omolayo Akinfala	Special Assistant to the President on Protocol
11	Ms. Imeh Patience Okon	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Infrastructure
12	Miss Lillian Idiaghe	Special Assistant to the President on Legal Matters
13	Mr. Arukaino Thomas Umukoro	Special Assistant to the President on Communication Projects
14	Mr. Daniel Oseaga Ikuenobe	Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
15	Mr. Folarin Alayande	Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
16	Dr. Effiong Essien	Special Assistant to the President on Economic Recovery & Growth Plan
17	Olaolu Beckley	Special Assistant to the President on Documentation
18	Novo Isioro	Special Assistant to the President on Visual Communication
19	Ambassador Abdullahi Gwary	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs
20	Feyishayo Aina	Special Assistant to the President (Strategic Communications)
21	Hon. Gambo Manzo	Personal Assistant to the President (Political)
	DONOR FUNDED
1	Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi	Senior Special Assistant Power
2	Dr. Mariam Masha	Senior Special Assistant (IDPs)
3	Mr. Chiedu Ugho	Senior Special Assistant (Power Privatization)
4	Mr. Runde Osibamowo	Senior Special Assistant (Monitoring and Evaluation)
5	Dr. Jumoke Oduwole	Senior Special Assistant (Trade and Investment)
6	Mr. Muktar Tijina	Special Assistant (Power)
7	Mr. Tochi Nwachukwu	Special Assistant (Power Privatization)
8	Mr. Mohammed Brimah	Special Assistant (IDPs)
9	Mr. Yahaya Maibe	Special Assistant (Social Investments)
10	Mr. Peter Dimike	Special Assistant (Economic Matters)
11	Mr. Adedeji Adeyemi	Special Assistant (NEC Affairs)
12	Mrs. Jibola Ajayi	Special Assistant (BPE Affairs)
13	Mr. Ife Adebayo	Special Assistant (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
14	Mr. Myani Bukar	Special Assistant (Legal Matters)
	GOVERNMENT FUNDED
15	Dr. Adeyemi Depeolu	Special Adviser (Economic Matters)
16	Senator Femi Ojudu	Special Adviser (Political Matters)
17	Dr. Nicholas Audifferem	Special Adviser (Research, Legal and Compliance)
18	Mr. Ayoleke Adu	Senior Special Assistant (Economic Matters)
19	Mrs. Foluso Idumu	Senior Special Assistant (Administration)
20	Mr. Lanre Osibona	Senior Special Assistant (ICT and Logistics)
21	Mr. Sesan Adeboyejo	Senior Special Assistant (Documentation)
22	Mr. Tola Asekun	Senior Special Assistant (Budget)
23	Mr. Donald Wokoma	Special Assistant (NEC Matters)
24	Mr. Bege Bala	Special Assistant (NCP/BPE)
25	Mr. Dotun Adebayo	Special Assistant (Privatization)
26	Mr. Yosola Dawodu	Special Assistant (Protocol)
27	Dr. Abiodun Adelowo	Personal Physician
28	Mrs. Koko Iyamu	Special Assistant (Admin)
29	Ms. Susan Chagwa	Special Assistant Household and Social Events
30	Tayo Basirat Fakorede	Special Assistant (Special Duties)
31	Mosope Olaosebikan	Special Assistant (Media and ICT)
SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION
1	Mr. Gideon Samani	Senior Special Assistant to the President (Political)
2	Prof. A. K. Usman	Senior Special Assistant on Legal, Research and Documentation
3	Ayuba Musa Birma	Special Assistant to the President (Political)
4	Umaru Waziri Kumo	Personal Assistant to the President (Special Duties)
5	Ibrahim Bapetel Hassan	Senior Special Assistant to the President (Policy Development & Analysis)
CHIEF OF STAFF
1	Mallam Tijjani Yusuf	Special Assistant (General Duties) to the President
2	Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs/Int. Relations
3	Lai Yahaya	Senor Special Assistant to the President on Policy and Strategy
4	Fola Oyeyinka	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Economic Matters
5	Bode Oyetunde	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Finance and Fiscal Policy
6	Farouk Gumel	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties
7	Musa Shafi’i	Senior Special Assistant to the President on Administration
8	Abdul Mutallab Muktar	Senior Special Assistant to the President on General Duties
The Wife of the President
1	Dr. Mohammed Kamal Abdulrahman	Personal Physician to the Wife of the President
2	Hadi Uba	Special Assistant to the President (Admin II) to the Wife of the President
3	Dr. Hajo Sani	Senior Special Assistant (Admin) to the Wife of the President
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION
1	Alhaji Ahmadu Giade	Special Assistant to the President on Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances
2	Mr. Sylvester Imhanobe	Special Assistant to the President on Research/Special Duties
3	Mrs. Juliet Chikaodili Ibekaku Nwagwu	Special Assistant to the President on Reforms
4	Mr. Abiodun Ayodeji Aikomo	Special Assistant to the President on Financial Crimes
5	Mr. Kehinde Isaac Oginni	Special Assistant to the President on Financial Crimes
6	Chief Okoi Ofem Obono – Obla	Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution
MINISTER OF INFORMATION
1	Mr. Williams Adeleye	Special Assistant to the President on Media (SA to Minister of Information)
2	Mr. Segun Adeyemi	Special Assistant on Media (SA to Minister of Information)
1	Mr. Ben Ifeanyi Akabueze	DG (Planning)