Ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections, the Senatorial Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for Kano South, Hon. Abdulrahman Suleiman Kawu Sumaila, has appointed two aides, who will manage his media activities for the campaign period.
The appointees are Ashiru Shehu Kachako, a as Senior Special Assistant 1 and Abbas Adam Abbas Special Assistant 2.
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The appointment is contained in a statement which he personally signed and issued to pressmen on Saturday.
The statement reads in parts: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ashiru Shehu Kachako and Abbas Adam Abbas as my SSA 1 and SA 2 on Media. I have known the duo as core professionals who have carved a niche for themselves in the media industry.
“I have absolute confidence in their ability and capacity to pilot the media affairs of my campaign in the next couple of months as the 2023 general elections approach.”
Ashiru Shehu Kachako was until his appointment, the Head of Marketing of the Sunnah TV, Abuja.
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He was one time the Editor-in-Chief of the Kano-based Zuma Jaridar Hausa and the Head of News and Production of DTV Online.
Kachako also worked as the Head of Religious Unit, Editor and Acting Head of Programmes of the Vision FM, Kano from 2019 to 2020 and served in the same position at Freedom Radio, Dutse, Jigawa State between 2007 and 2019.
A teacher at the Nasarawa Nursery and Primary School, Kachako from 2005 to 2006, Kachako was also the secretary of Kachako Islamic Medical and Engineering Centre from 2004 to 2007.
Born in 1973, Kachako holds Higher National Diploma (HND) in Office Technology and Management, Advanced Diploma in Mass Communication and Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Kano State Polytechnic.
He also holds PGD in Mass Communication from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and is currently studying his Masters degree in Communication Studies at the Bayero University, Kano.
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The new Special Assistant on Media 2, Abbas Adam Abbas, is a broadcast journalist with Nasara Radio, Kano.
A multi-task journalist, Abbas is a graduate of the Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, where he bagged BSc in Microbiology.
