Following his resignation, Ahmad lost his bid to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s primaries.
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Muhammadu Buhari has recalled his former Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, appointing him as Special Assistant on Digital Communications.
Ahmad had resigned his previous position as Personal Assistant to the President in line with the presidential directive urging all political office holders wishing to contest elective office to resign.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, confirmed the appointment as Special Assistant in a letter addressed to Ahmad, dated July 20, 2022.
In the letter sighted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, Mustapha said the appointment took effect from July 19, 2022.
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Following his resignation, Ahmad lost his bid to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress at the party’s primaries for Gaya, Ajingi, Albasu Federal Constituency.
Ahmad had frowned at the manner the party’s primary was conducted, saying it was fraught with fraud.
The new Special Assistant is believed to be the only presidential aide recalled by the president since the conclusion of the APC primaries.
All the cabinet ministers and presidential aides except Ahmad, who resigned to participate in the APC primaries but failed to secure the party tickets had since been replaced by the president.
Some social commentators who spoke to NAN on the promotion of Ahmad to the position of Special Assistant, said Ahmad had successfully handled the social media space as Personal Assistant before his resignation.