The Head, Media Relations of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan has been elected the Secretary-General of the African Public Relations Association, APRA, at the 35th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting, AGM, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Ibietan was elected into a three-man Executive Council. The other two members are Arik Karani from Kenya, President, and Dr. Michele Mekeme, Cameroon, Vice President.
Ibietan, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and APRA, promised to work with other members of the Executive Council to continue the trajectory of reforms in APRA, expand the democratic space by encouraging greater participation of national public relations institutions on the continent.
He has also expressed his readiness and commitment to working more closely with the African Union Commission and Council of Ministers to put public relations at the heart of policy, programmes, and project implementation.
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Ibietan, a journalist, writer and author works at NCC where he oversees aspects of the public communication strategy of the national regulatory authority for telecommunication in Nigeria.
In Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, he was Special Media Advisor to the Federal Minister of Information and Communication. He has over 20 years of experience in media and communication scholarship and practice, varying from journalism, academia, policy discourse, communication strategy, regulation, and stakeholder relations.
Ibietan earned BA and MA in Communication Arts and Communication & Language Arts from the Universities of Uyo and Ibadan in Nigeria, respectively, graduating atop his classes. Earlier, he obtained a diploma in journalism with distinction from the Moscow-Based International Institute of Journalism.
He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the North-West University in South Africa, with specialisation in political communication. He is a IP3 certified regulation specialist and holds a mini MBA in telecommunications from NEOTELIS in Paris.
He is also a member of the African Council for Communication Education, an Associate Registered Practitioner of Advertising and member of the International Institute of Communications, the world’s only policy debating platform for the converged communications industry.
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