Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed seven Special Advisers, among who is Mr. Bashir Adigun, a Channel Television staff, as Special Adviser, Political Communications.
Others are Rtd. Brigadier General Saliu Tunde Bello (Security); Professor Adekunle Dunmade (Health); Ahmed Yinka Aluko (Special Duties); and Attahiru Ibrahim (Sports and Youths).
The former Special Adviser Political (SAPOL) Saadu Salau is now Special Adviser Strategy while the former Special Adviser Strategy Abdullateef Alakawa is named the new SAPOL.
Adigun, a native of Ifelodun local government, is a senior journalist with decades of experience across print and broadcast media industry, Rafiu Ajakaye
Chief Press Secretary revealed in a statement.
Adigun was until his pick the Controller News and Current Affairs (Northern Nigeria) for the Channels TV and Abuja Correspondent for a leading global newswire Associated Press (AP). He also worked as Reporter/Researcher at the Guardian newspaper.
He is a 1990 graduate of Communications and Language Arts at Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan. He has two Masters degrees, both from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria — Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD) and Law Enforcement , Criminal Justice (MLC).
Adigun is married with children.