President Bola Tinubu has appointed Daniel Bwala as his Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications.
Bwala’s appointment was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga who also said Tinubu named three other persons as director-general of various agencies.
“The Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media, Mr. Daniel Bwala is a lawyer and notable public affairs analyst,” Onanuga said in a Thursday statement.
Bwala worked as a spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign team in the 2023 election in which Tinubu beat Atiku Abubakar and others to emerge as president.
He was a vocal critic of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the president in the lead-up to that exercise with Tinubu as the flagbearer of the party.
The lawyer and political analyst had after the election pitched tenth with the APC, saying he would soon team up with Nigeria’s ruling party.
“I am not a member of the PDP. Yes, I have left the PDP,” he said in an edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today in July.
When asked if he is now a member of the APC, he said, “I am very close” to joining the ruling party he defected from.
While his romance with the ruling party raised eyebrows, Bwala said his support for the administration of President Tinubu was not borne out of selfishness.
Aside from Bwala, Tinubu also appointed Bukola Olopade as the Director-General of the National Sports Commission (NSC); Abisoye Fagade for the role of Director-General at the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, and Adebowale Adedokun as the Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement.
“The President enjoins the newly appointed officers to discharge their duties with dedication, patriotism, and excellence,” the presidential aide said.
READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW:
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS THREE DIRECTORS-GENERAL AND ONE SPECIAL ADVISER ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of three Nigerians as directors-general of various agencies and one special adviser on Public Communications and Media.
The new appointees are:
(1) Mr. Olawale Olopade — Director-General, National Sports Commission
(2) Dr. Abisoye Fagade — Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism
(3) Dr. Adebowale Adedokun — Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement
(4) Daniel Bwala — Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications (State House)
Olopade, the new Director-General of the National Sports Commission, is a sports administrator with many years of experience in the sector.
He served as commissioner of youth and sports in Ogun state and was chairman of the local organising committee of the 2024 National Sports Festival.
The new Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Dr. Abisoye Fagade is a marketing communication professional. He is the founder and managing director of Sodium Brand Solutions.
Adedokun, the new helmsman of the Bureau of Public Procurement, was the director of Research/Training and Strategic Planning at the bureau before his appointment.
The Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media, Mr. Daniel Bwala is a lawyer and notable public affairs analyst.
The President enjoins the newly appointed officers to discharge their duties with dedication, patriotism, and excellence.
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information & Strategy)
November 14, 2024
