Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Advisor to the President for Media and Publicity, revealed his conversation with King Sokoto, Sir Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar during his first week in office.
Adesina in an article titled ‘LAST GALLOP HOUSE’ said he was told by King Sokoto that his job as a media consultant did not attract Nigerian appreciation, citing former employees. this.
However, his Eminence tells Adesina that his term will be different from that of his predecessors.
According to Adesina, while some Nigerians are currently unhappy with his preparation to leave office on May 29, those who lament should see him gone.
He said,
“In my very first week as Media Adviser, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, had visited the Villa, and met me along the walkway to the President’s office.
“We had been acquainted for many years before then and he usually called me by my email. And he said: ‘Kulikulii, you have come to do a very thankless job. That’s the way it has been for your predecessors, but with you, it won’t be so.’
“And I’ve not stopped saying amen to that prayer for 8 years, and no low person will stop me from that amen chorus”.
