Nigeria: Speaker Abbas appoints Iliyasu Balarabe as deputy chief of staff

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas on Monday approved the appointment of Malam Iliyasu Muhammad Balarabe as his new Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration).

Balarabe takes over from Jamil Ahmad Muhammad, who recently resigned and picked the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket to contest for the chairmanship seat of Zaria Local Government in the upcoming council polls in Kaduna State.

Until his appointment, Balarabe was the head and coordinator of the Speaker’s…