Buhari Appoints His Spokesperson

The President-elect, Gen Buhari has appointed Mr. Femi Adeshina as his Special Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity. 

Femi Adeshina

Though yet to be officially announced, Thisday gathered that all formalities for Adeshina’s appointment have already been concluded. Adeshina, is the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Sun newspaper. He is also the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE).
The Sun Newspaper, it was gathered, is already concluding plans to re-jig its management structure following Adesina’s imminent departure.
With this appointment, Adesina becomes the second person to be appointed while serving as the president of the NGE. The first person was the late Mrs. Remi Oyo, who was appointed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Adesina started his career at the Vanguard Newspapers as a ‘feature writer’  before he later joined the National Concord Newspapers. He resumed with The Sun newspaper when they came on board as an editor, and later the managing director and editor-in-chief.
Adeshina has over 28 years of experience in the media industry, he took The Sun to a new height. Under his leadership, the newspaper won several reputable awards. In 2007, he was named the Editor of the Year by the Nigeria Media Merit Award.
Adeshina’s appointment is ironical due to the fact that The Sun newspaper, which he presided over was responsible for publishing offensive adverts against Buhari, as projected by Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose.
However, Adeshina has no say in regards to the adverts that are published as he is just an employee.  The advert campaign was a delicate indirect attack on Buhari’s health.
Meanwhile, Adeshina has explained the reason why the adverts were published under his watch.