President Appoints Special Advisors, Others

President Olusegun Obasanjo has approved the following appointments:

1. Dr. Rilwan Lukman, Special Adviser (Petroleum & Energy)
2. Prof. Jerry Gana, Special Adviser (Political)
3. Chief Kanu Agabi, SAN, Special Adviser (Ethics & Good Governance)
4. Chief Ojo Madueke, Special Adviser (Constitutional & Legal Matters)
5. Alhaji Ahmed Abdulkadir, Special Adviser (Manufacturing & Private Sector)
6. Mrs. Dupe Sasore, Special Adviser (African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA)
7. Alhaji Lawal Batagarawa, Special Adviser (Non-Party Relations)
8. Prof. Wande Abimbola, Special Adviser (Cultural Affairs & Traditional Matters)
9. Mrs. Florence Ita-Giwa, Special Adviser, (National Assembly Affairs)
10. Chief Rochas Okorocha, Special Adviser (Inter-Party Affairs)
11. Engr. Mohammed Abba Gana, Special Adviser (Relations with Civil Society)
12. Prof. Charles Soludo, Economic Adviser
13. Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, Special Adviser (Programme & Policy Monitoring)

Other appointments approved are:

1. Lt. Gen. Aliyu Mohammed (Rtd), National Security Adviser
2. Chief Audu Ogbe, PDP National Chairman, Honorary Adviser on Agriculture
3. Mr. Bode Augusto, Director-General/Adviser on Budget
4. Engr. Stanley Dako, Informal Sector Coordinator/Adviser
5. Mrs. Dupe Adelaja, Director-General, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)

All the appointments are immediate.