JUST IN: Tinubu names the Almajiri Commission's new executive secretary

Brigadier-General Lawal Isa (retd.) has been appointed to the position of Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education by President Bola Tinubu.

Sha’aban Sharada, the pioneer leader of the commission since its founding in May 2023, is replaced by Isa.

Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, signed the statement announcing his appointment, which said, “President Tinubu appoints Executive Secretary of National Commission for Almajiri Education and aide on Chieftaincy Matters.”

The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education Bill 2023 was approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari on May 28, 2023, and Sharada, the Kano Municipal House of Representatives member who was leaving, was named Executive Secretary.

Tijani Abbas has been appointed by the President as his Senior Special Assistant on Chieftaincy Matters.

From 1993 until 1996, Isa served as the Military Administrator of Kaduna State, while Abbas is the Sarkin Sudan Kano.

In order to ensure that his administration’s goal of providing Nigeria’s out-of-school children with the most comprehensive education is realized in the paramount interest of the country’s future, the President anticipates that the new appointees will “bring their vast experience into these important roles, which impact the very core of society.”