Buhari appoints Abike Dabiri-Erewa as SSA Foreign Affairs

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abike Dabiri-Erewa as Senior Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Before her appointment, she was a former member of the House of Representatives. 

During her time at the National Assembly, Ms. Dabiri-Erewa was chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity between 2003 and 2007 and later chaired the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs between 2007 and 2015.

The new presidential aide was born in Jos, Plateau State and obtained her first degree in English Language from the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, before proceeding to the University of Lagos where she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma, PGD, in Mass Communication. She also obtained a master’s degree in Mass Communication from the same university.

Mrs.Abike-Erewa also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.