Buhari appoints personal assistant

President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Mr Sunday Aghaeze as his Personal Assistant on Photography.

The appointment, according to a letter signed by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, took effect from May 29, NAN reports.

“I am pleased to inform you that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved your appointment as Personal Assistant to the President (State Photographer),” he said.

Aghaeze was first appointed in 2016 by the president to the same post, where he served till his reappointment.

Aghaeze, an award-winning photojournalist, prior to his appointment, was a photo editor with ThisDay newspapers in Abuja.

He holds post-graduate diploma in Business Administration of University of Abuja, Higher National Diploma and National Diploma in Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra and Auchi in Edo, respectively.

A widely-travelled photo-journalist, Aghaeze has covered the UN, World Bank, IMF, African First Ladies’ activities, in several countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa.

He was 2007 Best Photo Journalist of the year, and 2010 second runner up photo journalist, at Prof. Wole Soyinka Award 2010, among others.

He is a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), ‎Photo-journalists Association of Nigeria (PJAN), among others.

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