President Bola Tinubu has appointed Wasiu Olanrewaju-Smart as Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).

This was contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that Mr Olanrewaju-Smart replaced Ibrahim Olanrewaju, who had resigned from the position to contest an elective office in his home state.

The statement described Mr Olanrewaju-Smart as a scholar and public policy expert, with a PhD in Educational Management from Lead City University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.

“He is an Edward Mason Fellow in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a LEAPS Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).