By Adamu Muhammad Dodo
Press Secretary to the Governor was the first announcement of appointment hours after inauguration of Rt Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as the Adamawa Governor – still waiting for the announcement of other key appointments.
Some of the people who noticed how vulgar, incoherent, inconsistent with the realities, undiplomatic response and uncreative image laundering, dishonesty and disloyalty to the honoured office of the press secretary that rather than package, preserve, prevent, promote and protect the image of the principal, exposes it to punches and puncture that not even acupuncture could correct, can be damaging to the Governor who is bound to face challenges as much as he would require intensive and extensive publicity in presenting o showcasing performances, projects and prospect, would recommend a capable, competent candidate with communication capacity for a press secretary, who would not submit to intimidation and harassed by blackmail to be drawn to the path of permanent unprofessionalism to perdition than avowed press secretary.
The choice of Mr Humwashi Wonosikou to continue as the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor is considered as a strategic thinking and forward looking thought, based on the points that he is trustworthy, loyal to the principal and the practice of the profession and an excellent media mediator who if given the full principal responsibility rather than being just a subordinate, would carry the entire media along while discharging his responsibility.
This explains the reason for the commedatory congratulations. NUJ as the body of practicing journalists has since issued a congratulatory statement and was well circulated, it was joined by other professionals and personalities.
There is the inauguration. There is a Governor in office that should not be left vacant. However, In as much as there are issues associated with the Adamawa governorship election that produced two declarations by INEC officials of two governors separately where a state can’t have parallel chief executives, then it is the court of competent jurisdiction, based on the genuine choice by the electorate that will eventually determine the elected as the case is already before the LAW.
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