President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a retired Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO), Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination.
Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, announced the appointment in a statement on Wednesday.
Lawal earlier supervised the management, identification, planning and execution of projects to mitigate serious ecological challenges across the country, with commendable results.
She was Acting Secretary to the Government of the Federation from 19th April 2017 to 30th October, 2017.
The new adviser attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1982 to 1986 and obtained B.Sc. Chemistry and won the Nigerian Tobacco Company Prize for the Best Year II Student 1984/1985.
She also bagged the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Chemistry, and the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Project 1985/1986.
In 1991, Lawal obtained a Master’s Degree in Inorganic Chemistry from ABU, Zaria and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi (1997).
The appointee also holds Certificate in Professional and Personal Competence in Women’s Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Britain.