Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special
adviser, has revealed that his boss will not ask any
newsmen to “kill” stories for him.
The presidential aide said instead of doing that, the
government will rather encourage journalists to write stories
that will critically study the workings of the administration
and provide it with the way forward.
Adesina said this at a dinner held for him and other
presidential spokespersons by online publishers.
Also hosted by the publishers were Garba Shehu, the
presidential media aide and Laolu Akande, the vice
presidential assistant on media.
Adesina said the first thing Buhari told him when he took
office was: “ Always tell me the truth.”
He added: “The President told me: ‘Please do not fail to
argue with me.’”
The presidential media aide said Buhari has promised to
lead an open and transparent government so much that he
would have nothing to hide and would have no cause to
want to ask for any story to be “killed”.
Adesina noted that the only thing he asked is that for any
news item, the presidency should be given the opportunity
to state its side before being put in the public domain.
He said: “There is a saying that one bad coin can spoil
hundreds of other coins.
“My advice is that you should not allow any of your
members to use the platform to malign innocent people.
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