Buhari appoints Umar El-Yakub SSA National Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub
as the new Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on
National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media
and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement issued in
Abuja on Thursday.

Adesina said El-Yakub’s appointment followed the resignation of
Kawu Sumaila who was in that position.

Sumaila, who was appointed in August 2015, resigned to contest
for the House of Representatives member for Sumaila/Takai Federal
Constituency in Kano State under the the All Progressives Congress
(APC).

His successor, El-Yakub, an APC stalwart from Kano State, was a
member of the House of Representatives in 1998 and from 2003 to
2007 representing Kano Municipal Federal Constituency.