President Bola Tinubu has restructured the State House media and communications team.
He re-designated the positions of two recently appointed officials in the media and communications team to enhance efficiency within the government’s communication machinery.
In a statement issued Special Adviser to the President. on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the restructuring is as follows: Sunday Dare – hitherto Special Adviser on Public Communication and National Orientation is now Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications while Daniel Bwala, announced last week as Special Adviser, Media and Public Communication, is now Special Adviser Policy Communication.
The statement said: “These appointments, along with the existing role of Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, underscore that there is no single individual spokesperson for the Presidency.
“Instead, all the three Special Advisers will collectively serve as spokespersons for the government.
“This approach aims to ensure effective and consistent communication of government policies, decisions, and engagements”, it said.
Bwala had when asked by State House Correspondents to define his role as there are other two special advisers on media and communication, reiterated that his role was not about defining others’ responsibilities but about collaborating effectively within the administration. “We are working to achieve the mandate of Mr. President. “What I can tell you is that, like I said, all of us are servants of the president. There is no issue as to the differences in terms of the responsibility. Everybody knows his responsibility. I am not here to define the responsibility of anybody other than myself, because it will amount to gaslighting others.
“I only came to introduce myself to you and the role that was given to me by Mr President, and I told you that role was once occupied by Ajuri Ngelale but for God’s sake we are all colleagues. We are not particularly bothered about who is this who is that. We are working to achieve the mandate of Mr President.”
