A former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), Bayo Onanuga, along with a former Commissioner of Information in Lagos State, Dele Alake, and the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, are to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council.
While Onanuga was appointed Director of Media and Publicity, Alake was announced as Director of Strategic Communication. The former Lagos State commissioner held this same position when President Muhammadu Buhari sought re-election in 2019.
In an issued statement yesterday, Onanuga said Festus Keyamo, who was earlier announced as the spokesman of the campaign council would continue in that role. The former NAN MD also said Lanre Issa-Onilu, a former spokesperson of the APC, was appointed as Deputy Director of Communication Strategy.
He further said Hannatu Musawa, Kehinde Bamigbetan, and Is’haq Modibbo Kawu would serve as Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Deputy Director, Media Relations and Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, respectively. “While Mohammed Bulama will be in charge of multimedia, Seun Olufemi-White will be the Deputy Director (of) new media”, he explained.
“The tripodal arrangement, the first in a presidential campaign, has a line of other assistant directors and senior officials, representing the nation’s various regions with job specifications spelt-out. The campaign structure will also soon unveil representatives and spokesmen in all the States of the federation”, the statement read.
With the structure approved by Bola Tinubu, APC presidential candidate’s Media Directorate has three departments – Media, Public Affairs and Strategic Communication.
