Mbaka influence Buhari to appoint Igboman Aghaeze as new PA?

– Buhari’s new PA Sunday Aghaeze has Igbo roots

– Aghaeze has 16 years working experience has a professional photo journalist

– Rev Fr Mbaka may have influenced Buhari’s choice of Aghaeze as PA

President Muhammadu Buhari today, February 28, appointed Sunday Aghaeze as his personal assistant on photography.

The appointment according to a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, took effect from June 1, 2015.

Aghaeze, an award-winning photo-journalist, prior to his appointment, was a photo editor with This Day Newspapers in Abuja.

However, there is more to know about Aghaeze who in a telephone chat with our correspondent revealed he has more than 16 years’ experience in the field of Photo journalism.

“What more can I say? I am overwhelmed by the appointment. If you look at my track record over the years, you will see that I have been coming up for such recognition.

“I have about 16 years’ experience on the job since I graduated from the school of journalism so I am happy for the recognition,” Aghaeze told Naij.com correspondent, when asked how he felt about the appointment.

Naij.com has compiled a list of seven things to know about Sunday Aghaeze

1. Sunday Aghaeze is from Delta state, Ika North East local government area. The local government was created in September 1991. The Ika people speak Ika, a branch of Igbo.

2. Aghaeze is a graduate of Higher National Diploma in Mass Communications (HND) and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDA). He is one of the few resourceful graduate photo journalist in Nigeria.

3. Aghaeze, whose has photographed world leaders and is widely traveled, was nominated for his exclusive pictures of the convoy of the late President Umaru Musa YarÁdua as he was smuggled back into the country midnight of February 24, 2010 while still sick.

4. Aghaeze has covered the UN, World Bank, IMF, African First Ladies’ activities in several countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa

5. He is also an award-winning photojournalist, having won the 2007 Best Photo Journalist of the year, and 2010 second runner up photo journalist at Professor Wole Soyinka Award 2010, among others.

6. Last month, Rev fr Ejike Mbaka was pictured blessing the camera of Sunday Aghaeze during his visit at the Aso rock Villa.

7. Aghaeze has also been featured in Ovation Magazine where he described his passion for photography as being borne out of a necessity to survive in school. He is a member of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), ‎Photo-journalists Association of Nigeria (PJAN), among others.

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