Buhari committed to press freedom – Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhari is
committed to the freedom of the press,
and restoration of Nigeria’s fortunes
within the shortest possible time,
presidential spokesman, Mr Femi
Adesina, has said.
This is contained in a statement
released on Sunday in Abuja by Mr
Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director,
Information at the Presidential Villa.
Adesina gave the assurance when the
out-going Chairman and the
Chairman-elect of the State House
Press Corps, Kehinde Amodu and
Ubale Musa jointly visited him in his
office.
Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity,
said it was noteworthy that the
election of officers into the Corps was
done in a transparent manner.
According to him, this is in tandem
with the stance of the current
administration to allow elections hols
devoid of any form of interference.
He reiterated the belief of President
Buhari that Nigeria would only be
great again, if Nigerians shun all
forms of corruption, greed and
selfishness in their actions.
The presidential spokesman noted that
“the election of Ubale Musa is very
instructive, given that the same Musa
was “rusticated” from the State House
Press Corps by the previous
administration.
“It is this administration that restored
his accreditation.”
He said the gesture was a clear
demonstration of the belief of the
Buhari administration in the freedom
of the press.
Adesina, therefore, called on the
chairman-elect to continue to lead his
colleagues in an inclusive manner,
having enjoyed an overwhelming
support in his electoral victory.
In his remarks, the outgoing chairman,
Amodu, said the best candidate won
the election.
He assured that given the maturity and
level headedness of Musa, there would
be no form of acrimony or friction
between the Corps and government
officials in the Presidential Villa.
The Chairman-elect, said he was
happy to have come up at this time in
the life of the administration and
asked for the cooperation of the
presidential spokesmen to make his
job easy.
He assured the presidency of support
in the implementation of its change
agenda.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Amodu and Musa also
paid similar visits to the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Ubale Musa is a correspondent of
Deutsche Welle.
committed to the freedom of the press,
and restoration of Nigeria’s fortunes
within the shortest possible time,
presidential spokesman, Mr Femi
Adesina, has said.
This is contained in a statement
released on Sunday in Abuja by Mr
Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director,
Information at the Presidential Villa.
Adesina gave the assurance when the
out-going Chairman and the
Chairman-elect of the State House
Press Corps, Kehinde Amodu and
Ubale Musa jointly visited him in his
office.
Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to
the President on Media and Publicity,
said it was noteworthy that the
election of officers into the Corps was
done in a transparent manner.
According to him, this is in tandem
with the stance of the current
administration to allow elections hols
devoid of any form of interference.
He reiterated the belief of President
Buhari that Nigeria would only be
great again, if Nigerians shun all
forms of corruption, greed and
selfishness in their actions.
The presidential spokesman noted that
“the election of Ubale Musa is very
instructive, given that the same Musa
was “rusticated” from the State House
Press Corps by the previous
administration.
“It is this administration that restored
his accreditation.”
He said the gesture was a clear
demonstration of the belief of the
Buhari administration in the freedom
of the press.
Adesina, therefore, called on the
chairman-elect to continue to lead his
colleagues in an inclusive manner,
having enjoyed an overwhelming
support in his electoral victory.
In his remarks, the outgoing chairman,
Amodu, said the best candidate won
the election.
He assured that given the maturity and
level headedness of Musa, there would
be no form of acrimony or friction
between the Corps and government
officials in the Presidential Villa.
The Chairman-elect, said he was
happy to have come up at this time in
the life of the administration and
asked for the cooperation of the
presidential spokesmen to make his
job easy.
He assured the presidency of support
in the implementation of its change
agenda.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Amodu and Musa also
paid similar visits to the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Media
and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Ubale Musa is a correspondent of
Deutsche Welle.
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