BUHARI APPOINTS ECONOMIC ADVISER, DEPLOYS HIM TO VP'S OFFICE

President Muhammadu Buhari has today, during the Federal Executive Council meeting, administered oaths of office on four Special Advisers and a permanent secretary at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Those sworn into office are Adeyemi Dipeolu, Special Adviser on Economic Matters; Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser on Social Investment; Tijani Abdullahi, Special Adviser on Planning, Babafemi Ojudu; Special Adviser on Political Matters; and Rafiu Enikanolaye, who was appointed Permanent Secretary in July and deployed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Uwais, Ojudu and Dipeolu were deployed to the Office of the Vice President, Abdullahi was deployed in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. While it is commendable that Buhari has eventually done the needful in appointing an economic adviser, eyebrows are raised as to why Dipeolu is not working directly with president to fix an economy that is in an utterly bad shape. Let's hope Mr President really knows what he is doing with this move.