By KEMI KASUMU
A word of commendation has gone to Publisher of The DEFENDER Newspaper Nigeria, Prince Bashir Adefaka, on the occasion of his 50th birthday anniversary Saturday September 3, 2022.
This was coming from Mr Idris Katib, Senior Assistant Registrar Public Relations, Crescent University, Abeokuta, in a statement he personally signed and circulated to the media in the early hours of Saturday while congratulating Adefaka on the golden jubilee celebration.
In the statement titled, “Happy Birthday to a Dogged Journalist and CEO”, Mr Katib gave detailed account of his 12 years of professional journey with Bashir Olorunkemi Adefaka, a Prince of Isolo in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.
He said, “About 12 years ago, my path crossed with that of a fearless journalist in person of Alhaji Bashir Adefaka, now the MD/CEO of The Defender Media Limited. Our first meeting was in the course of my official assignment as media aide to His Excellency, Judge Bola Ajibola the Proprietor of Crescent University, Abeokuta.
“I was barely employed to manage the reputation of Crescent University, the Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) and their founder, Judge Ajibola who introduced Mr Adefaka to me as his media promoter and a Friend of Crescent University. Mr Adefaka was then a senior journalist with Vanguard newspaper in which his news stories especially interviews with top citizens scooped front pages. He had been working for Judge Ajibola years before I joined the services Crescent University as its Public Relations Executive.
“I will safely describe Mr Adefaka as Ajibola’s external relations ambassador who made the job of press relations and media promotions very easy for yours truly.He used his expertise and connections within the media space to facilitate favourable positioning of our news releases, articles and features not only in Vanguard but also in other competitive tabloids.
“Mr Adefaka is journalistically responsible, professionally responsive and ethically balanced in his judgement.No wonder, he is held in high esteem by editors, professional colleagues, top politicians and industry captains.
“I heartily congratulate him on his auspicious Golden Jubilee, wishing him many happy returns.,” he congratulated the founder of Nigeria’s multilingual newspaper, The DEFENDER.
