President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of ex-Kaduna State Military Administrator, retired Brigadier-General Lawal Ja’afar Isa as Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.
The President has also approved the appointment of Alhaji Tijani Hashim Abbas as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Chieftaincy Matters, according to a statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale on Friday.
General Ja’afar Isa is a respected leader and was Military Administrator of Kaduna State from 1993 to 1996, while Alhaji Tijani Hashim Abbas is the Sarkin Sudan Kano.
Ngelale said the president anticipates that the new appointees will bring their vast experience into these important roles, which impact the very core of society, while ensuring that his administration’s drive to guarantee Nigeria’s out-of-school children the most comprehensive education is realized in the superceding interest of the nation’s future.
Dateline Nigeria reports that the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education was established few days to the end of the Buhari administration with Shaaban Sharada as it pioneer Executive Secretary.
