Tinubu Upgrades VP Shettima’s Aides

President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Job Creation & MSME in the Office of the Vice President, and Mrs Uju Anwuka as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health (Office of the Vice President).

According to a statement by the spokesman of the vice president, Stanley Nkwocha, on Wednesday, the appointments were in continuation of efforts to actualise the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration, especially in the respective sectors.

Prior to their upgrade, Mr Adekunle-Johnson and Mrs Anwuka served in the same portfolios as Senior Special Assistant and Special Assistant to the President, respectively, all in the office of the Vice President.

As Senior Special Assistant, Mr Adekunle-Johnson had diligently driven some of the administration’s policies and programmes in areas of job creation and development in the micro, small and medium enterprises space in Nigeria.

Key initiatives implemented under his supervision included the Expanded National MSME Clinics, and the Shared Facility Initiative, among others.

Mrs Onwuka, on the other hand, had industriously anchored the administration’s vision in combating malnutrition and hunger, especially in vulnerable communities across the country, while serving as Special Assistant. A key programme under her watch is the recently launched Nutrition 774 Initiative.

Their latest appointments as Special Adviser and Senior Special Assistant, respectively were with immediate effect.