Senate President Ahmad Lawan has accepted Olu Onemola’s rejection of his appointment as Special Assistant on New Media.
Special Assistant to the Senate President on Media & Publicity, Mohammed Isa, announced Mr Lawan’s acceptance in a statement on Sunday.
Mr Onemola, a former aide to ex-President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, had in a statement on Sunday said that he was ‘respectfully’ declining the appointment on the basis of the controversy it had generated.
Several appointments made by Lawan sparked debates among Nigerians loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
They said the appointment of Onemola and Festus Adedayo as Lawan’s spokespersons was done outside the circle of party loyalists.
The dust raised led to the withdrawal of Mr Adedayo’s appointment while Lawan stood his ground on keeping Onemola.
But after Onemola’s rejection of the appointment, Lawan, in the statement, wished him “all the best in his future endeavors”.
