Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appointed Malam Imam Imam as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, the first appointment he will make following his swearing-in on Friday.
In a statement he personally signed and issued to journalists in Sokoto, Tambuwal admonished the new spokesman to rededicate himself to his new assignment by contributing positively to information flow in the state.
Imam served in the same capacity when Tambuwal was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2011 until few days ago.
Imam, a former Group Political Editor at THISDAY newspapers, was born on July 16, 1977 in Gboko, Benue State. He hails from Taraba State.
The new spokesman holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communication from Kaduna Polytechnic and read Development Studies at Post Graduate level in Bayero University, Kano.
He started his journalism career in the now-rested Millennium Weekly newspaper in Kaduna in 2000 before he joined the New Nigerian Newspapers also in Kaduna in 2002.
Malam Imam is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and a Graduate member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).
