Less than 10 days to the inauguration of his
administration, the President-elect,
Muhammadu Buhari, may have made his first
official appointment by naming the Managing
Director and Editor-in-Chief of The Sun
newspapers, Mr. Femi Adesina, as his Special
Adviser (SA) on Media and Publicity.
Adesina's appointment, though yet to be
formally announced, is said to have been
concluded but merely waiting for some
formality before the official announcement.
Already, the management of The Sun
Newspaper, it was gathered, is concluding plans
to re-organise its management structure
following Adesina's impending departure.
Adesina was recently re-elected as the
President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)
for another term of two years.
The NGE president was returned unopposed at
the 2015 bi-ennial convention of the Guild
which held in Lagos by his colleagues, most of
whom described his tenure as the “best the
Guild has ever had.”
With his new appointment, Adesina also
becomes the second person to be so appointed
while serving as the president of the Guild of
Editors. The first person was the late Mrs. Remi
Oyo, who was the SA, Media and Publicity to
former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
A prolific writer and tested journalist, Adesina
started his career at the Vanguard Newspapers
as a features writer before later moving to the
defunct National Concord Newspapers. He is a
pioneer staff of The Sun newspaper where he
became the editor, and later the managing
director and editor-in-chief, a position he will
be quitting for the new assignment.
As the president, Guild of Editors, Adesina
fought for the rights and protection of
journalists at every event or fora. In one of
such events was a lecture organised by the
Bank of Industry (BoI) where he advised the
bank to find ways of encouraging media
practitioners by giving them loans for the
purpose of establishing businesses after
retirement, pointing out that the media
industry cannot afford to have more ‘veteran’
journalists.
Adesina in his presentation at the event titled:
‘‘The Media and BOI: Working Together’’
admonished Bol to patronise media houses,
saying that they are not charitable
organisations.
‘‘When you therefore have businesses,
patronise them. If they are good enough for
your press releases and other editorial items,
they must also be good enough for your
advertisements. Build a mutually rewarding
relationship, including rendering investment
support, as the journalists may require," he
said.
A seasoned and renowned journalist with over
28 years of experience in the industry, Adesina
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.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-appoints-femi-adesina-special-adviser-on-media-and-publicity/209785/

Congratulations in advance to Mr Femi Adesina. I hope he will conduct himself well , we don't want another Doyin Okukpe .

what about shehu Garba?

Kulikuli himself. I love this man to bits!

Good 4 him. He shld pls represent well.

Femi the son of Adesina,don't go in line of Doyin Okupe and others.

Why can't he just appoint Shehu Garba. The guy has been doing a fantastic job.

GMB doesn't trust Lai Mohammed with that post, let's see if he will give him Min of information

Very bad appointment.

Appointing a peddler of lies as an advisor.

Shameful.