Adefaye: Brother, buddy and tutor with a good heart, By Steve Ayorinde

With his time now as the Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism , hopefully the media landscape may not despair further with the type of new orientation that the relentless newsman, administrator and tutor in Adefaye is bringing to the institution and to younger generation of journalists.The soft but firm voice that intruded into my thoughts was meant for my ears alone, even when it was not a whisper.

He was very attentive to have observed my right hand positioned on the table with my fingers moving rhythmically as though I was playing an imaginary piano. The next four years of the Adefaye Presidency at the NGE brought us exceedingly close. Although I was the Assistant Secretary General and later Vice-President , I was like his Right-Hand-Man throughout the four years.

Those who jocularly refer to him as the ‘High Priest’ in the “politics” of the Guild do so simply to acknowledge his influence and likeable personality as a rallying point and an unrelenting but unobtrusive goal-getter. Indeed, this was one area of life in which Presido and I have always shared perspectives and exchanged ideas.

But I tried to refuse, thinking the book review was my contribution in celebrating Alhaji Animasaun. But Presido would have nothing of it. “Buy a bottle of wine” he said, “and use the rest to buy blocks and cement for the house you are building. Every kobo counts.”That was vintage Gbenga Adefaye, always looking out for those who meant something to him!

However, as time went by, Presido would look for a reason to miss the dinner, with the excuse that he was out of Lagos.

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