Femi Adesina, a former Special Advisor to former President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, will start serving as Executive Vice Chairman of The Sun Newspapers on September 1.
Adesina revealed this in a recent interview with The Crest. He had previously served as the newspaper’s Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief.
The appointment was approved by the organization’s founder, Senator Orji Kalu
Adesina claims that Kalu offered him the chance to return if he didn’t love his position in government or even after serving for eight years when he first stated his desire to leave The Sun newspapers.
“I came from TheSun 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.
During his eight-year tenure as the ex-President’s spokesperson, he was unable to go on leave.
The report said Adesina intends to retreat 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.
