The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has appointed three youths and a woman as his aides.
Media Adviser to the former Vice President, Paul Ibe, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
He named the new appointees as: Dr Ahmed Adamu, Special Assistant (Youth and Strategy); Aliyu Bin Abbas, Special Assistant (Youth Support Groups); Phrank Shuaibu, Special Assistant (Public Communications); and Mrs Funmi Lamuye, Special Assistant (South-West).
Adamu, 33, is an academician, petroleum economist and leadership and development expert, who hails from Katsina State, and a pioneer of Global President of Commonwealth Youth Council.
He was an international expert at the United Nation’s Global Forum on Youth. He was also ranked among the top 100 most influential young Nigerians by Advance Media Africa.
Abbas, 34, is Director-General of the Atiku Cares Foundation, ACF, a philanthropic organisation set up by the former Vice President to aid vulnerable individuals and communities.
“ACF has under the leadership of Abbas, made great impact in bringing succor to the most vulnerable around the country, especially in the Northeast zone,’’ he said.
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Shuaibu, 43, according to the statement is a publicist and public communications consultant. He hails from Kogi.
Lamuye, a lawyer and philanthropist, was the founder of Prince Alade Lamuye Foundation (PALF), a non-governmental organisation she has used to impact on the lives of the widows in her state, Osun.
She was until recently a member of the National Assembly Service Commission, the statement said.
Ibe also said the former Vice President would on Monday, December 3, kick off his campaign in Sokoto.
