Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday announced the appointment of Malam Imam Imam as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs.
Imam was Tambuwal’s media adviser while he was the Speaker, House of Representatives, until a few days ago.
In a statement signed by Tambuwal himself, he urged Imam to rededicate himself to his new assignment by contributing positively to information management in the state.
Imam, a former Group Politics Editor at THISDAY Newspapers, was born on July 16, 1977 in Gboko, Benue, but hails from Taraba.
He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mass Communications from Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna and a Post Graduate diploma in Development Studies from Bayero University, Kano.
Imam is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).