Former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has been appointed Executive Vice Chairman at The Sun Newspapers starting from September 1.
Adesina, who was the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper, revealed this.
Publisher of the newspaper, Senator Orji Kalu, has approved the appointment
Adesina revealed that when he was leaving The Sun, Kalu advised him not to resign, offering him the opportunity to return if he didn’t enjoy his government role or even after serving for eight years.
“I came from The Sun newspaper. I was the MD/Editor-in-Chief (of the publishing company). And when I wanted to leave, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu said ‘Don’t resign. You may get to the government and you don’t like it. You can always come back. Or, you may get to the government and stay eight years; you can always come back. I’m going to make you the Executive Vice Chairman of the company.’ Not only did he say it, he issued me the letter. Yes, I have the letter,” Adesina said in the interview.
Adesina, who never went on leave when he was Buhari’s spokesperson for eight years, intends to proceed on a leave to a peaceful location to write his memoirs.
Adesina served as the president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) before he was appointed Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) by ex-President Buhari on May 31, 2015.
