The renowned journalist, revered public communicator and celebrated corporate communication professional in Tunde Rahman. Temitope Ajayi and O’Tega Ogra respectively along seventeen (17) others have been named in the new list of appointments from Nigerian leader, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This new set of appointments is the third major one by President Tinubu since his inauguration on 29 May and it was announced yesterday in Abuja. The new appointments include those of senior special assistants (SSAs), personal assistants (PAs), personal physician, and photographers.
The veteran journalist, Rahman who until his appointment was President private media aide has been named senior Special Assistant, SSA Media, Ajayi designated SSA (Media & Public Affairs) and Ogra assigned SSA (Digital/New Media) portfolio.
Others are Abdulaziz Abdulaziz (SSA Print Media); and Ibrahim Masari (SSA Political), Adekunle Tinubu – Personal Physician; Damilotun Aderemi – Senior Special Assistant (Private Secretary), Toyin Subair – Senior Special Assistant (Domestic); Demola Oshodi – Senior Special Assistant (Protocol) Yetunde Sekoni – Senior Special Assistant; Motunrayo Jinadu – Senior Special Assistant; Segun Dada – Special Assistant (Social Media); and Paul Adekanye – Special Assistant (Logistics).
Also on the list are Friday Soton – Special Assistant (Housekeeping); Shitta-Bey Akande – Special Assistant (Catering); Nosa Asemota – Special Assistant (Visual Communication) Personal Photographer;
Kamal Yusuf – Personal Assistant (Special Duties); Wale Fadairo – Personal Assistant (General Duties); Sunday Moses – Personal Assistant (Videography); and Taiwo Okanlawon – Personal Assistant (State Photographer).
Lettersof appointments have been dispatched to these appointees, The Industry can authoritatively report.
Responding to the paper’s congratulatory message on the appointment, the Group Head, Communications and External Relations, Ogra said, “I’m always here. And it is also a good thing as I believe this is the first time someone from a purely corporate communications background is being appointed to any of those roles.”
Ajayi simply said, “Thank you..
Rahman was media aide and chief of staff to Tinubu before his election as president. He was political editor of the Daily Times before he moved over to the Punch newspaper where he headed the Abuja bureau of the newspaper and later the group news editor of the paper at its headquarters in Lagos.
He, thereafter, moved to ThisDay newspaper where he held several editorial positions, including the editorship of the Sunday paper.
While Abdulaziz, an indigence of Kano State, worked with Leadership, Blueprint, Premium Times and lately, Daily Trust from where he was appointed into the media team of the APC/Tinubu Campaign Organisation.
He once served as media aide to a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, who was recently named the national security adviser.
For Ajayi, he is a revered public relations expert and writer who worked on the Tinubu campaign in addition to having a long history of working at the Tinubu Media Office. He is also known to be affiliated with the Western Post newspaper owned by Tunde Rahman. He studied at the Lagos Business School and Obafemi Awolowo University.
Ogra, a versatile corporate and boardroom communicator was until his appointment the head of corporate communication at the BUA Group. An alumnus of Babcock University, he is regarded as a high-flyer in the nation’s corporate communication sector. Before arriving BUA in 2015, he worked at GTBank as corporate communications manager, Wema Bank as head, brand management and head, corporate communications and digital marketing unit.
See the full list of the newly appointed aides below:
1. Dr. Adekunle Tinubu – Personal Physician to President Tinubu
2. Tunde Rahman – Senior Special Assistant (Media)
3. Damilotun Aderemi – Senior Special Assistant (Private Secretary)
4. Ibrahim Masari – Senior Special Assistant (Political Matters)
5. Toyin Subair – Senior Special Assistant (Domestic)
6. Abdulaziz Abdulaziz – Senior Special Assistant (Print Media)
7. Demola Oshodi – Senior Special Assistant (Protocol)
8. Tope Ajayi – Senior Special Assistant (Media & Public Affairs)
9. Yetunde Sekoni – Senior Special Assistant
10. Motunrayo Jinadu – Senior Special Assistant
11. Segun Dada – Special Assistant (Social Media)
12. Paul Adekanye – Special Assistant (Logistics)
13. Friday Soton – Special Assistant (Housekeeping)
14. Mrs. Shitta-Bey Akande – Special Assistant (Catering)
15. Nosa Asemota – Special Assistant (Visual Communication), Personal Photographer
16. Kamal Yusuf – Personal Assistant (Special Duties)
17. Wale Fadairo – Personal Assistant (General Duties)
18. Sunday Moses – Personal Assistant (Videography)
19. Taiwo Okanlawon – Personal Assistant (State Photographer)
20. O’tega Ogra – Senior Special Assistant (Digital/New Media)
