NIPR Elects New Council Members In Abuja…Kwara Gov , Unilorin VC Congratulate Saudat AbdulBaqi, Lanre Onilu

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has elected Dr. Ike Neliaku of Rightangle PR , Dr. Sule Yau Sule of Image Merchants Promotion and 15 others as members of the Governing Council of the Institute. They were elected during the Institute’s Annual General Meeting in Abuja.

The Institute’s Governing Council comprises  22 members , 17 are elected while 5  are nominated by the Federal Government.

Ike Nleliaku will serve as president  of the NIPR while Professor Emmanuel Dandaura has gotten elected as Vice President.

Chief Casca Ogusu  served as  Chairman of the Electoral Committee and the Governing Council  members will serve for two years.

In his acceptance speech, Neliaku said the new council members would use the NIPR platform to chart a new path for the institute, and also re-invent Nigeria.

‘Our profession needs a new  dimension. We’ll make sure PR is practiced by PR Professionals. We won’t allow our ‘breakfast’ to be taken by people that are not trained.

We’ll take the issue of compliance and enforcement seriously, reinvent our profession for the purpose and the value of the nation.

Countries that understand the value of the Public Relations always excel , so therefore we are going to rebrand Nigeria.

As we have our colleague as Minister of Information, who understands strategic communications. We’ll work with him to generate new ideas with support of my team.

I want to assure that with our collective efforts, we can rewrite, reinvent and review our profession for better in this new dawn’ he  said.

In the meanwhile,  Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated  Dr. Saudat Salah AbdulBaqi and an APC chieftain Alhaji Lanre Issa Onilu, who are indigenes of Kwara state,  on their emergence as members of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

While Dr. AbdulBaqi was elected by delegates to the NIPR Convention, Onilu was  nominated by  the Federal Government.

The Governor had earlier called on delegates to the keenly contested convention to vote massively for Dr. AbdulBaqi, a communications expert, who was the chairman of the state chapter of the NIPR and former head of mass communication department at the University of Ilorin. 

‘The governor welcomes this historic development and commends all the delegates from Kwara and across the country for honouring a distinguished daughter of Kwara state with their votes, he similarly commends the Federal Government for choosing a great son of the state, Onilu, as one of its representatives on the prestigious council’ the governor submitted in  a Government House statement  made available  to Team@orientactualmags.com on Friday.

“The governor is confident that they will, as they always do in every office they held before, make the state proud as NIPR Governing Council members. He urges them to bring their expertise and wealth of experience as top public relations professionals and patriots to take the statutory body (NIPR) to a greater height. He wishes them all the best in this new role and in others that may come their way in the coming years’ the statement added.

In separate statement,  Vice- Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has also congratulated Dr Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi, on her election as Council member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).

Director, Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin, Mr Kunle Akogun in a statement made available to  Team@orientactualmags.com said the Vice- Chancellor described the election of the foremost Communication scholar and Chairman of the Kwara state Chapter of the NIPR as a well-deserved reward for professional excellence, remarkable hard work and consistent service to humanity.

Prof. Egbewole added that he had anticipated Dr Abdulbaqi’s emergence  as Council member of the NIPR  ,ditto  the entire members of the University of Ilorin community as they were convinced that she had all it takes to get elected.

The Vice- Chancellor described the Associate Professor of Mass Communication as a brilliant, industrious and tireless scholar whose contribution to the deepening of knowledge in her chosen field and promotion of peace and harmony within and beyond Kwara state had endeared her to all, adding that Dr Abdulbaqi is a pride to the University of Ilorin.

Prof. Egbewole encouraged Dr Abdulbaqi to see her election as a national official of the frontline professional body as an opportunity  to work harder for the nation and humanity to benefit more from her expertise and experience in the promotion of goodwill and peace building among stakeholders of the Nigerian project.

He enjoined other staff members and students at the institution to emulate the industry, dedication and humility of Dr Abdulbaqi for the University to remain an abode of all-round excellence, while wishing   the new NIPR Council member a very successful tenure of office-Team@orientactualmags.com
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