{"id":38998,"date":"2015-05-30T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38998"},"modified":"2015-05-30T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:00:55","slug":"tambuwal-appoints-special-adviser-on-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tambuwal-appoints-special-adviser-on-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Tambuwal appoints Special Adviser on Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6660\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday announced the appointment of Malam Imam Imam as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6664\" dir=\"ltr\">The announcement is contained in a statement personally signed by Tambuwal and issued in Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6665\" dir=\"ltr\">Imam was Tambuwal\u2019s media adviser when he was the Speaker, House of Representatives, until a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6666\" dir=\"ltr\">In the statement, Tambuwal admonished Imam to rededicate himself to his new assignment by contributing positively to information management in the state.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6671\" dir=\"ltr\">Imam, a former Group Politics Editor at THISDAY Newspapers, was born on July 16, 1977 in Gboko, Benue, but hails from Taraba.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6492\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6667\" dir=\"ltr\">Imam is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432963363736_6668\" dir=\"ltr\">PM News<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday announced the appointment of Malam Imam Imam as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs. 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