Buhari appoints Adesina , Shehu as spokesmen

President  Muhammadu Buhari last night appointed his spokesmen in the
first set of appointments made by his administration .
Managing Director / Editor - in - Chief of The Sun Mr . Femi Adesina is Special
Adviser ( Media and Publicity ) . Mallam Garba Shehu is Senior Special
Assistant ( Media and Publicity ) .
The President also appointed Mallam Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure as the State
Chief of Protocol ( SCOP ) .
Adesina was re- elected President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors ( NGE )
last month after serving out a two- year first term .
He started his 28 - year career in newspapering at the Vanguard as a feature
writer before joining Con cord newspapers as a pioneer member of the
Weekend Concord team .
He also served as Editor of National Concord . He moved to The Sun where
he rose to the position of editor before being appointed managing director
and editor - in - chief . He was named the Editor of the Year 2007 by the
Nigeria Media Merit Award organisers.
Shehu served as the Director , Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential
Campaign Council . He was Editor of Kano - based Triumph newspaper and
President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors 16 years ago. He was head of
the media team of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in 1999 .
Abdullahi Kazaure is a career Foreign Service official and currently serves
in Aso Rock Villa as a Special Assistant ( Presidential Matters ) .