Samuel Aruwan
Samuel Aruwan | |
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Born | 10 May 1982 |
Nationality | Nigeria |
Alma mater | Kaduna Polytechnic Drew University |
Occupation | Journalism |
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][excessive citations]
Early life and education[]
Samuel Aruwan hails from Kabala West in Tudun Wada District, Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.[7][8][9]
Aruwan is a graduate of Mass Communication from Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. In December 2002, he completed Basic and Second Level training on Alternatives to Violence Project Course (AVP) sponsored by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Geneva and Nigerian Red Cross Society. He also completed an in-depth course in Participatory Video by Insight International in collaboration with the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex in October 2006. 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. In April 2021, he attended the Cranfield University’s Continuing Professional Development course on Protecting Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) [10]
Journalism and public service[]
He is a professional journalist with over a decade experience before joining public service in 2015.[11]
His journalism career began as an intern at the New Nigerian Newspapers and Daily Independent Newspapers, after which he joined Leadership Newspapers Group where he progressed from reporter to bureau chief. In October 2011 he joined Blueprint Newspapers Limited as chief of the Kaduna bureau. In December 2014 he took a leave of absence to serve as spokesperson to Malam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, a governorship candidate in Kaduna State in the 2015 general elections.
In May 2015, Governor El-Rufai appointed him special assistant for media and publicity and official spokesperson of the Governor and Government of Kaduna State.[12] In May 2017, he was promoted to senior special assistant for media and publicity.
Aruwan played a key role in the 2019 election campaigns and the successes in both the presidential and governorship elections.
Since 2015, he has been a member 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. In January 2021, Aruwan bagged the award of Crisis Manager of the Year at the annual Security and Emergency Management Awards (SAEMA) 2020.
References[]
- ^ "Samuel Aruwan – Channels Television". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Rebuilding intelligence gathering capacity of security forces". Daily Trust. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "he Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ 247ureports.com (2015-01-08). "El-Rufai names new campaign spokesman". News Ghana. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "El-Rufai appoints campaign spokesperson | Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Articles by Samuel Aruwan | TheCable, Leadership Newspaper, Nigerian Tribune Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Ndoma, Asabe (2019-05-15). "Meet Gov. EL-RUFAI's Tireless Spokesman - SAMUEL ARUWAN". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Msue, Aza (2019-07-03). "JUST-IN: el-Rufai Appoints His Spokesperson, Aruwan, 10 Others As Commissioners". Leadership Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "El-Rufai reappoints Samuel Aruwan , others – Invicta FM". Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "El-Rufai makes spokesman security commissioner". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Ndoma, Asabe (2019-05-15). "Meet Gov. EL-RUFAI's Tireless Spokesman - SAMUEL ARUWAN". City People Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ 247ureports (2015-01-08). "Samuel Aruwan Now El-Rufai campaign spokesman * 247ureports.com". 247ureports.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Kaduna
- Nigerian journalists
- Kaduna Polytechnic alumni