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Buhari appoints Nasiru Ila as senior legislative aide

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Hon. Nasiru Baballe Ila as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).

The latest appointment was made known via a statement issued on Sunday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

According to the presidential spokesman, Ila, a Chartered member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), replaced Hon. Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub who has been appointed as minister by President Buhari.

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Shehu stated: “Hon Nasiru, a product of Victory College, Alexandria and West London College, United Kingdom, was a successful businessman with interests in haulage, ginnery and tannery before his foray into politics.

“In 2011 and 2015, he was voted into the lower chamber of the National Assembly as a member representing Tarauni Federal Constituency in Kano.”

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