Datti’s elder brother, Hakeem, accepts to serve Shettima

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• Muri-Okunola resigns as Lagos HoS for presidential job

THE GUARDIAN

Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, elder brother to Datti, the Labour Party’s (LP) vice presidential candidate at the last general elections, has accepted to serve as Special Adviser on Political Matters to Vice President Kashim Shettima.

Hakeem, who is also spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), communicated his acceptance, in a statement, yesterday.

He said: “It is time to make it public that I have accepted the call to serve as Special Adviser (Political) to the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.

“This is not the time for fence-sitting or criticism when you can be useful in turning the country round. I am honoured and humbled. Please pray for me and Nigeria.”

In a related development, Hakeem Muri-Okunola has resigned as Lagos State Head of Service (HoS) to take his new appointment as President Bola Tinubu’s Principal Secretary.

In a circular, he said his civil service career would terminate on September 29.