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Professor Agboola Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed as the new chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Department of Political Affairs, who is an indigene of Kwara State, was appointed to replace the late Abba Kyari on Tuesday, May 12.
Although the presidency is yet to announce the new appointment, an insider source in Aso Rock told TheNEwsGuru(TNG) that the announcement will be made at the virtual Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.
Every attempt TNG made to reach the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, proved abortive as at the time this report was filed.
Prof Agboola Gambari’s profile:
He is a Nigerian scholar, diplomat and an indigene of Kwara State was appointed to replace the late Abba Kyari on Tuesday, May 12.
Professor Gambari, 75, was the former Minister for External Affairs between 1984 to 1985.
He was appointed chairperson of the African Union Commission as Joint African Union-United Nations Special Representative for Darfur in 2010.
Ban Ki moon appointed him as Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Issues for the Secretary-General of UN in 2007.