Jonathan Appoints Bianca Onoh-Ojukwu Special Assistant

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 26, (THEWILL) – As the April general elections draws nearer, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today made an unexpected appointment; he named the wife of Dim Odumegwu Emeka Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Onoh-Ojukwu, a Special Adviser on Diaspora Affairs.

A release by Presidential Spokesman, Mr Ima Niboro said the appointment takes immediate effect.

Also appointed Special Advisers are Hon. Kingsley K. Kuku as Special Adviser, Niger Delta Affairs; Amb. (Dr.) Zakari Ibrahim as Coordinator, Anti Terrorism; and Oyewole Olugbenga Leke as Senior Special Assistant, Maritime Services.

The Ikemba of Nnewi, Dim Ojukwu is still recuperating in a London hospital following a stroke.

The statement in full reads:
President Makes Appointments
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the following appointments:

Hon. Kingsley K. Kuku as Special Adviser, Niger Delta Affairs;

Amb. (Dr.) Zakari Ibrahim as Coordinator, Anti Terrorism;

Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu as Senior Special Assistant, Diaspora Affairs; and

Oyewole Olugbenga Leke as Senior Special Assistant, Maritime Services.

The appointments take immediate effect.
Ima Niboro, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity.