A five-volume book chronicling the eight years of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 will be unveiled to the public on Tuesday next week in Abuja.
\nAlso, a book, \u201cWorking With Buhari: Reflections of a Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity (2015\u20132023),\u201d the memoir of Chief Femi Adesina, would be simultaneously presented to the public at the ceremony to be chaired by General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria\u2019s Head of State, 1966\u20131975, with President Bola Tinubu as Chief Guest.
\nFormer President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, are also among the dignitaries expected at the occasion to be held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hotel, Abuja.
\nSpeaking at the pre-book launch media conference yesterday in Abuja, Femi Adesina, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the immediate past President, said the two publications would bring Buhari to Abuja for the first time since he exited office in May 2023.
\nHe noted that his memoir, which he wrote dispassionately, would provide great insights into the life and leadership of the former president.
\nHe noted that the groundbreaking five-volume historical compendium, \u201cMuhammadu Buhari: The Nigerian Legacy (2015\u20132023),\u201d edited by Dr. Udu Yakubu, is co-authored by over 100 Nigerian scholars.
\nThe book, according to the authors, is \u201cthe authoritative, comprehensive, and most definitive story of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023.\u201d.
\nRecalling how he had to tender his resignation letter at the Sun Newspaper in order to \u201creluctantly\u201d take up the appointment of Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity to the former president, Adesina said he cried on the fateful morning he was to sign his appointment letter because, according to him, he was stepping into unknown territory.
\nAdesina said he was, however, fulfilled that he was able to discharge his duties successfully and creditably and that he turned out to be the first spokesperson for a sitting president who has served in that capacity for eight years since the country\u2019s return to democracy in 1999.
\nHe insisted that Buhari was a true democrat and took certain decisions and actions during his administration in the interest of Nigerians, even though those he described as \u201cwailers\u201d did not see anything good during the eight years of the former president\u2019s reign.
\nHe said, \u201cWhy did I think I should write about the president I served for 8 years? I will say I knew Buhari long before I came to work for him as an adviser to the media. Before then, I hadn\u2019t worked with the government and had no desire to work with it.
\n\u201cBut when the invitation came to work for him because he was a man I had admired since he was the military leader, I decided to take the appointment.
\n\u201cSo, when I was asked to come into government, though very reluctantly, you will read in the book how, in the morning I had to sign my appointment, I began to cry because I didn\u2019t want it. I was going into what is called Terra incognita (unknown or unexplored territory), a terrain I didn\u2019t know at all.
\n\u201cSo, I came for 8 years, which is unprecedented. No media adviser has served for 8 years in a democracy except the military regime,\u201d he said.
\nHe said the book is not about the hardware of governance\u2014economic policy, monetary policy, foreign policy, and so on but rather about the software, the governance, and the man who headed that governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A five-volume book chronicling the eight years of the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 will be unveiled to the public on Tuesday next week in Abuja. Also, a book, \u201cWorking With Buhari: Reflections of a Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity (2015\u20132023),\u201d the memoir of Chief Femi Adesina, would be simultaneously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n