Nigeria’s just past information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed, has been named managing partner of Ballard Partners, a global lobbying organization.
The appointment is coming Less than two weeks after the dissolution of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet.
In a statement posted on Tuesday on Ballard Partner’s official Twitter page, Mohammed’s new position was officially acknowledged.
It read:
“Ballard Partners, a leading government relations business in the US, will open its first office in Africa in Abuja, Nigeria, the country’s capital.
The firm’s satellite office in Lagos, the country’s financial hub, will be managed by Lai Mohammed, the recently-retired minister of communications and culture of Nigeria.
Mohammed was appointed to the position, according to the firm’s president, because he “is one of the most respected officials in the country”.