THE GUARDIAN
Fresh facts emerged, yesterday, on why President Bola Tinubu has not appointed an official spokesperson, a week after assuming office. Investigation by The Guardian revealed that while the President is bent on changing the “architecture of his media” to reflect innovations he is bringing to the Presidency, some of his media aides have not agreed on the structure and job descriptions of some designations.
Under normal circumstances, the President ought to have announced his official spokesperson and Chief of Staff (CoS) immediately he was sworn in on May 29.
It was on Thursday Tinubu announced Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as CoS, while former governor of Benue State, George Akume, was appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
It was gathered that a new spokesperson is being penciled down, who will “not only be responsible to the President, but be a cabinet member that will observe Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings and also have power to actively participate in discussions and vote, if need be.”
It was gathered that, since the proposed spokesperson will be a cabinet member, his name might be part of ministerial nominees to be submitted to the 10th National Assembly, after its inauguration on June 13.
A source close to Tinubu said: “The government is coming with a lot of innovations. And the media, in the presidency, will be different from what we all knew before. That is why it is taking time to be announced.”
The source said despite the fact that the Presidency has not come out to announce a spokesperson, there is no vacuum because Dele Alake has been acting as media adviser to the President…
