Femi Adesina OON is a Nigerian journalist who served as the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
Education
Adesina attended Obafemi Awolowo University
Osun State and then he was at Lagos Business School.
Career
Femi Adesina started his career in journalism as a writer for
Radio Lagos, he then later joined Vanguard Newspapers.
[ "Profile Of A Media Guru Femi Adesina" , ' newsdayonline', July 29, 2016]
Adesina wrote for Vanguard Newspapers and National Concord Newspapers before joining
The Sun Newspaper, where he rose to editor-in-chief.
He also served a two-year term as president of the Nigerian board of Editors.
Although re-elected for a second term as Guild president,
Adesina stepped down after receiving his government appointment.
He also stepped down as editor-in-chief of
The Sun.
Adesina was sworn in as special adviser on media and publicity to Buhari on August 31, 2015.
Awards
He was named Editor of the Year for 2007 by the Nigeria Media Merit Awards.
In October 2022, Adesina was conferred with a Nigerian national honour of the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by president Muhammadu Buhari.
