Nigeria, June 3 -- Femi Gbajabiamila, the newly appointed Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, has promised to work with the president to move the country forward.

Mr Gbajabiamila, who is currently the speaker of the House of Representatives, made the pledge on Friday in a post on his verified Facebook page, hours after Mr Tinubu named him as his chief of staff (COS)

"Thank you, Mr President, for finding me worthy of being your Chief of Staff.

"I shall work with Mr President in discharging the enormous task ahead of him for the peace and progress of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," he said in the post.

By the appointment letter, Mr Gbajabiamila, a lawyer, will officially resume as the President's COS on 14 June.

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