Former House of Representatives spokesperson Rt. Hon. Eseme Eyiboh has been appointed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to serve as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs.
The news was made by Akpabio himself during a press conference with the Senate Press Corps last weekend in Abuja.
Eyiboh was referred to be “an astute politician, experienced media manager, public affairs expert, and communications guru” by the Senate President.
Eyiboh, a two-time representative, served in the Green Chamber from 2007 to 2011 and was reelected in that year.
Between 2007 to 2011, he served as the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs’ chairman and spokesman under Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole as speaker.
Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal named him chairman of the House Committee on Civil Society Organizations and Donor Agencies in 2011.
Eyiboh, who is endowed with the gift of the robe, served as the Cross River Basins Development Authority’s immediate past chairman as well as the executive chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Ethical and Attitudinal Reorientation Commission. He also held the positions of director and speaker at the WAIFEM forum for Regional Parliamentarians in Accra and corporate affairs consultant for Socfinco Indufina of Brussels.
The newly appointed Special Adviser also serves as the Dean of the Faculty Board of the Initiatives, a group of current and past National Assembly members who establish policy.