BREAKING: President Buhari Appoints Abba Kyari As Chief Of Staff, Also Declares Federal Government Secretary And Customs Boss

President Buhari has also appointed Babachir
David Lawal as the Secretary of the Federal
Government and retired Colonel Hameed
Ibrahim Ali as the Comptroller- General of the
Nigerian Customs Service.
See full press release below:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS SGF, CHIEF OF
STAFF, OTHERS
President  Muhammadu Buhari has approved
the following appointments:
Engr. Babachir David Lawal     -
Secretary to the Government  of the
Federation
Alhaji Abba Kyari     -        Chief of Staff to
the President
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.) - Comptroller-
General, Nigerian Customs Service
Mr. Kure Martin Abeshi  - Comptroller-
General, Nigerian Immigration Service
Senator Ita S.J. Enang - SSA to the President
on National Assembly Matters (Senate)
Hon. Suleiman A. Kawu   -        SSA to the
President on National Assembly Matters
(House of Representatives)
The appointments are with effect from
today, August 27, 2015.
Engr. Lawal, the new Secretary to the
Government of the Federation hails from
Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa
State. He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria in 1979 with a Bachelor of
Engineering Degree and worked with the Delta
Steel Company, Aladja,  Nigerian External
Telecommunications Limited and Data
Sciences Limited before establishing his own
ICT and Telecommunications consulting firm
in 1990. He is also a member of the Nigeria
Computer Society, the Nigeria Society of
Engineers and the  Council for the Regulation
of Engineering in Nigeria.
Alhaji Abba Kyari, the new Chief of Staff to
the President holds Bachelors and Masters
Degrees from the University of Cambridge and
the University of Warwick in Law and
Sociology. He has worked with the New
Nigeria Development Company, New Africa
Holdings, African International Bank, United
Bank for Africa, Unilever, and Mobil in various
capacities over the years.
The new Comptroller-General of Customs,
Col. Ali holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees
in Criminology. He was  military
administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to
1998.
The new Comptroller- General of Immigration,
Mr. Abeshi hails from Nasarawa State. He
joined the Nigerian Immigration Service in
1989 as an Assistant Comptroller. His
educational qualifications include a Masters
Degree in Public Administration.