Here are 7 remarkable things to know about him:
1. Dele Alake is a veteran journalist. He was the Editor of both Sunday Concord and National Concord and was later drawn into politics when he was made the Adviser on Information to his employer and mentor, the late Chief MKO Abiola.
2. He worked at the Lagos State Broadcasting Corporation (LSBC) as Senior Sub-Editor, in which capacity he served till 1980.
3. He was a Media Director of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
4. This is not the first time Alake will be a member of President Tinubu’s team. He was the Commissioner for Information and Strategy to Tinubu, when he was Governor of Lagos State 1999–2007.
5. In 2014, he was appointed as the Director of Media and Communication of the Buhari Campaign Organisation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 election.
6. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Mass Communications, all from the University of Lagos.
7. Alake, a fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, an association he once served as its Vice-President and also a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the West African Union of Journalists.
The 66-year old activist hails from Ekiti State, South-West Nigeeia.
