President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, has 9 days to his official
inauguaration 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 according to Thisday has
not been formally announced. However, it has been concluded but merely
waiting for some formality before the official announcement.
recently re-elected as the President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors
(NGE) for another term of two years.
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.