Reuben Abati now spokesman for Goodluck Jonathan

Renowned columnist and Editorial Board chairman of The Guardian newspapers, Dr. Reuben Abati, has been appointed by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as Special Adviser on Communications. This is authoritative.

Abati, who runs two columns weekly in the newspaper, has thus become the official spokesman of the President.

The appointment, has put paid to speculations about how the president plans to rejig his information management. On Friday, the media was awash with reports claiming that the appointment of Abati was a hoax.

By the appointment, he becomes a cabinet member of the Jonathan administration. The highly respected columnist bagged his doctorate degree at age 25.

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