Gbajabiamila Names Lasisi, Anofi, 4 Others As Media Aides

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, has appointed six media assistants, and with immediate effect.

In a statement he personally signed, Gbajabiamila named Olanrewaju Lasisi as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity; Special Assistant on Print Media, Dele Anofi, and Musa Abdulahi Krishi as his Chief Press Secretary.

Others are Special Assistant on New Media, Bukola Ogunyemi; Kunle Somoye, Special Assistant on Electronic and Broadcast Media, and Special Assistant on Visual Communication/ Official Photographer, Ayo Adeagbo.

Until this appointment, Lasisi, 46, was the parliamentary correspondent of Channels Television with over 10 years experience reporting activities of the House of Representatives.

He was also the producer and presenter of a weekly television programme, “The Gavel”, which focuses on the Nigerian parliament.

Lasisi holds a Masters Degree in Performing Art from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He has participated in media exchange programmes both in Nigeria and United States of America.

Anofi until this appointment is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was The Nation Newspaper’s Politics Correspondent in the House of Representatives for 7 years.

He was also a Public Relations Officer at the Federal Housing Authority 1996 – 2001, and an alumni of the United States (US) International Visitor Leadership Program, Washington DC. He hails from Ilorin, Kwara State

The statement notes that the new Chief Press Secretary, Musa Abdulahi Krishi, was a correspondent of Daily Trust Newspaper in the National Assembly with 6yrs experience reporting activities of the House of Representatives and Senate. He was Assistant Political Editor at Daily Trust between 2014 and 2015.

He joined Daily Trust newspaper in 2012 as part of the newspaper’s policy of automatic employment for best graduating students of mass communication. Krishi hails from Kokona Local Government of Nasarawa State.