President Bola Tinubu has appointed the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum NEF ,Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, as the Special Adviser on political matters in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima.
Baba-Ahmed was a retired federal permanent secretary and ex -National Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC . He also served as Chief of Staff to former Senate President,Bukola Saraki .
Making his appointment known in a post on his X handle on Monday, the elder statesman said he had to make his appointment public as according to him,” This is not the time for fence – sitting or criticism when you can be useful in turning the country round”
“It is time to make it public that I have accepted the call to serve as Special Adviser [Political] to the VP, @KShettima. This is not the time for fence-sitting or criticism when you can be useful in turning the country round. I am honoured and humbled. Please pray for me and Nigeria,”He wrote.
Baba – Ahmed ,a respected elder is an elder brother to the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
