The trending news of the appointment of the Rt Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, is fake, NewsNigeria can confirm.
The news of the appointment of speaker of the House of Representatives and close ally of the new president became sensational Thursday’s morning when one of his special advisers, Wasiu Olarenwaju-Smart, shared it on his Facebook page.
Since that time, nearly all the news platforms in the country have circulated the news.
However, a source in the presidency confirmed that no one had been named as the Chief of Staff to the president.
According to him, ” That speculative journalism is grossly irresponsible and should be discountenanced. No one has been appointed as the Chief of Staff yet. When one is named, it would not be an exclusive news because all conventional news outfits will be in the know.”
