Samuel Aruwan

Samuel Aruwan (born 10 May 1982) is a Nigerian journalist, and pioneer Commissioner for Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Samuel Aruwan
Born10 May 1982
Tudun Wada, Kaduna
NationalityNigeria
Alma materKaduna Polytechnic
Drew University
OccupationJournalism

Early life

Samuel Aruwan hails from Kabala West in Tudun Wada District, Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.[7][8][9] He is a professional journalist with over a decade experience before joining public service in 2015. [10]

Education

Aruwan is a graduated of Mass Communication from Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. In 2012, he attended the African Investigative Journalism training at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He was one of the Nigerian journalists trained on countering religious extremism at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London in 2014 and at Drew University’s Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation, New Jersey in 2016.[11]


Journalism and Public Service

Aruwan's career in journalism began as an intern at the New Nigerian Newspapers and Daily Independent Newspapers, after which he joined LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group. Aruwan progressed in LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group from a Reporter to Bureau Chief until September 2011.

Aruwan joined Blueprint Newspapers Limited in October 2011, and was head of the Kaduna office until December 2014. It was at this point he embarked on a leave of absence to serve as Spokesperson to Malam Nasir El-Rufai, one of the governorship candidates in the 2015 elections.

In May 2015, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, appointed Aruwan as Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) and official Spokesperson of the Governor and Government of Kaduna State. In May 2017, he was promoted to Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity).

Besides being Spokesperson of the Governor and the Government, Aruwan played a leading role in the 2019 election campaigns and the successes in both the Presidential and Governorship elections.

Since 2015, he has been a member/Spokesperson of Kaduna State Security Council, which comprises heads of all military, police and para-military agencies operating in the State.

On 12 July 2019, he took oath of office as a Commissioner and member of the Kaduna State Executive Council. His key role is coordinating the internal security functions, and leading government policies on Internal security management of Kaduna state.

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References
  1. "Samuel Aruwan – Channels Television". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. "Rebuilding intelligence gathering capacity of security forces". Daily Trust. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. "he Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  4. 247ureports.com (2015-01-08). "El-Rufai names new campaign spokesman". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  5. "El-Rufai appoints campaign spokesperson | Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  6. "Articles by Samuel Aruwan | TheCable, Leadership Newspaper, Nigerian Tribune Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  7. Ndoma, Asabe (2019-05-15). "Meet Gov. EL-RUFAI's Tireless Spokesman - SAMUEL ARUWAN". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  8. Msue, Aza (2019-07-03). "JUST-IN: el-Rufai Appoints His Spokesperson, Aruwan, 10 Others As Commissioners". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  9. "El-Rufai reappoints Samuel Aruwan , others – Invicta FM". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  10. Ndoma, Asabe (2019-05-15). "Meet Gov. EL-RUFAI's Tireless Spokesman - SAMUEL ARUWAN". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  11. Published. "El-Rufai makes spokesman security commissioner". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  12. 247ureports (2015-01-08). "Samuel Aruwan Now El-Rufai campaign spokesman * 247ureports.com". 247ureports.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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