Buhari hails Oshunkeye, top journalist, at 65

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Shola Oshunkeye, winner of CNN African Journalist of the Year 2006, on his 65th birthday.

Oshunkeye turns 65 on Tuesday.

In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, on Monday, the president saluted the professional strides of Oshunkeye garnered over more than three decades with media houses like Concord Press, where he rose to edit the then best-selling Weekend Concord, associate editor at TELL Magazine, editor of The Spectator, a publication of The Sun Publishing Limited, and managing director/editor-in-chief of The Sun Ghana.

”President Buhari rejoices with the Oshunkeye family, the media fraternity, and all those who celebrate the journalist of repute, who also won the Nigerian Media Merit Award Best Print Journalist laurel in 1996,” the statement said.

”Currently President/Chief Executive Officer of The Crest Publishing and Entertainment Company Limited, the President urges Oshunkeye to continue sharing knowledge and experience with the younger generation of journalists.”