Akande pledges robust communication from President’s media team

The Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) Media and Puplicity, to the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, on Thursday pledged robust and transparent operations by the media team of the Presidency to project the activities of the Federal Government.

He said this to State House Press Corps while responding to his confirmation as the SSA.

Akande said the work of the team must focus on the change agenda which brought the administration to power.

“The strategy of the communication team, which is one team, is to communicate the activities of Mr President in a way that stays through to the message of change that brought this administration to power.

`We are going to be transparent and I am sure that you have had a little bit of insight into that.

“It is going to be a government that is going to stay connected to the people, that is going to stay engaged with the people, that is going to reveal that a government should always remain open to the people that elected it.

“So, you are going to see a lot more of that as we go forward.’’

Akande described his confirmation as a great opportunity to serve the country and to serve under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,describing them as people of high moral probity.