Politics
Tinubu names Onanuga, Alake, Keyamo in media directorate of APC campaign
By Tunde Joshua, Abuja
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has approved creation of three departments in the Media and Communication Directorate of the party’s presidential campaign team.
The directorate is made up of Public Affairs, Media and Publicity and Strategic Communication, departments.
Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Managing Director of The News/PMNews and former Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria, heads the Director of Media and Publicity.
Former Information Commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Dele Alake, heads the Director of Strategic Communication. He served in this role for the Buhari campaign in 2014-15.
Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo leads the Director of Public Affairs department.
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The Directorate will also have six deputy directors that include Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, Deputy Director, Communication Strategy, Hannatu Musawa, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Kehinde Bamigbetan, Deputy Director, Media Relations.
Mallam Modibbo Kawu will be Deputy Director of Media and Publicity, while Mohammed Bulama will be in charge of multi-media. Seun Olufemi-White will be the deputy director New Media.
“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,” said Onanuga in a statement on Sunday.
