Buhari Appoints Umar El-Yakub Senior Special Assistant On Assembly Matters

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Buhari Appoints Umar El-Yakub Senior Special Assistant On Assembly Matters

Following the resignation of Hon. Kawu Sumaila as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub as his replacement.

This follows the resignation of Hon. Sumaila,  who was appointed SSA in August 2015, to contest for membership of the House of Representatives representing Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency in Kano State under the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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