Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, today announced the appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman, co-founder of #BringBackOurGirls Group, founded to campaign for the rescue of the Chibok Girls abducted by Islamist sect group Boko Haram as chief of staff.
“In April 2014, Hadiza co-founded the global movement #BringBackOurGirls which has been demanding for the rescue of the 219 young girls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok Secondary School in Borno State North East Nigeria,” a statement signed by el-Rufai’s Spokesman, Samuel Aruwan said.
“In August 2014 she gave a touching speech on Chibok Girls at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during United Nations Department of Public Information, UN DPI, conference as a guest speaker.
“She is well-known figure in the APC where she served in a number of committees and capacities, key amongst which are: the Administrative Secretary of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organization, Member Secretary APC Elections Planning Committee, Member APC Strategy Committee. She was also Director of Finance in the Nasir El-Rufai Campaign Organization, and later the Kaduna State APC Campaign Council.”
El-Rufail also appointed Bashir Dabo as Special Assistant, New Media, and Mrs. Saude Amina Mohammed as Personal Secretary to the governor.
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