Femi Adesina has shared his story of how he became Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, calling the achievement a “demonstration of God’s grace upon my life.”
The role was held by journalist Adesina from 2015 till 2023.
However, he disclosed the procedure that went into choosing him for the position months after he departed the position.
“To me, I have always told people that working with President Muhammadu Buhari is a demonstration of God’s grace in my life,” he said on Tuesday during the launch of a book: “Working with Buhari: Reflections of A Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity (2015-2023)” he wrote about the former Nigerian president.
“From nowhere, without lifting a finger to push it, I was invited to assume the position of a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. It was a former Ekiti State governor Dr Kayode Fayemi – he is in the audience – who told me how it happened. He said after President Buhari had emerged, they took three names to him as possible Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. He looked at the three names, brought his name from his breast pocket, circled my name, and signed in front of it. That was how it happened.”
