President Buhari appoints Personal Assistant on Photography

Mr Sunday Aghaeze

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed, Mr Sunday Aghaeze  as Personal Assistant to the President, StatePhotographer.

 The appointment according to a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr BabachirLawal, took effect from June 1, 2015. Aghaeze, an award winning photo journalist, prior to his appointment, was a photo editor with ThisDay Newspepers in Abuja.

He holds post-graduate diploma in Business Administration of University of Abuja, Higher National Diploma and National Diploma in Mass Communications, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra and Auchi in Edo, respectively.

A widely travelled photo journalist, Aghaeze had covered the UN, World Bank, IMF, African First Ladies’ activities in several countries in the America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He was 2007 Best Photo Journalist of the year and 2010 second runner up photo journalist at Prof. Wole Soyinka Award 2010, among others.

He is a member of the NigerianUnion of Journalists (NUJ), Photo journalist Association of Nigeria (PJAN), among other.