Jonathan appoints new political adviser, SSA

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Thursday appointed Prof. Rufa’i Alkali as his new Special Adviser on Political Affairs.* The President also picked Hajia Baraka Sani as his Senior Special Assistant for Schools’ Agriculture Programme.* Prof. Alkali, a Political Scientist, according to a statement issued by the President’s media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, once served as National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, and was appointed Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, last year.* He hails from Gombe State.* While Sani was a former commissioner for Agriculture in Kano State.* Both appointments take immediate effect.