Top Presidential aides take oath of secrecy
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Sep 23, 2008, 13:59

Political Office holders serving in the State House, who had not been administered the oath of secrecy and declaration of secrecy, took the oath on Tuesday September 23.

Those who took the oath include the Principal Secretary to the President, Mr. David Edevbie, Principal Secretary to the Vice President, Chief Mike Oghiadome, the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu, the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, Chief Physician to the President, Dr. Salisu Barau Banye, and Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the Vice President, Mr. Ima Niboro.

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Before the oath was administered, the Permanent Secretary, State House, Amb. (Dr.) B. K. Kaigama, said the oath was being administered on the instructions of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, adding that civil servants in the State House had already taken the oath.

In his brief remarks after the oath was taken, Hon. Justice Husseini Yusuf Baba of the Abuja High Court, urged all who had taken the oath to respect the solemn promises they had made before God, as they discharged the enormous tasks before them.

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