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By Zeenat Sambo
The President of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, has inaugurated two committees on the forthcoming first version of the Nigeria Nationwide Spokespersons’ Awards (NNSA) scheduled for March 2024.
That is a part of the historic cope with the Picture Retailers Promotion Restricted (IMPR) – publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential, Spokespersons’ Digest and different titles – for the transition of the annual Spokespersons’ Communication Awards (SCA) into NNSA.
Talking because the Chief Host of the fifth version of the Safety and Emergency Administration Awards (SAEMA) and third SCA held in Abuja on Thursday, Dr Neliaku stated it is very important have a good time and acknowledge PR practitioners and spokespersons of their efforts to advertise the picture of their respective organisations in addition to defend the picture of Nigeria.
Whereas appreciating the efforts of IMPR in honouring PR professionals who’re making everybody proud, he stated this led the organisation to signal an MoU with IMPR to work collectively and develop the award in a fashion that may now take it a nationwide platform.
Talking on the collaboration, Neliaku revealed that from the Twenty fifth-Twenty eighth of March, 2024, each organisations will host the primary Nationwide Spokespersons Summit and Workshop wherein the brand new NNSA will likely be embedded.
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“It is because we recognise the significance of spokespersons in nation constructing and growth. We at all times insist that talking and speaking might not essentially be communication. So we determined to take the required experience required to groom a era of spokespersons that will not simply communicate for his or her organisations, however will start to talk for Nigeria,” he stated.
Talking on nationwide growth, the NIPR president famous that the organisation is internet hosting the summit to assist of the Federal Ministry of Data and Nationwide Orientation in fulfilling its mandate.
“Contemplating that the Minister, Mohammed Idris Malagi, who’s a fellow of NIPR, values and understands what it’s to speak, not simply to tell, however to make communication a vital a part of his info administration.
“He has used such data and tactical PR expertise to handle info and communication in the previous couple of months, which helped to douse stress within the wake of the COP28 over-bloated delegate saga.
“He merely issued an announcement categorising the variety of illustration and the place these representations got here from. And that put a cease to the faux information,” he stated.
The six individuals representing the 2 organisations to coordinate preparations for the NNSA are; Segun McMedal, former chairman of NIPR in Lagos State who will chair the committee; Comptroller Joseph Attah, a fellow of the Institute; Mohammed Dahiru Lawal, the Head of Reality-check and Investigation at PRNigeria; Saad Shuaib, Enterprise Supervisor at PRNigeria; Mrs. Ekalome Udo; and Mr. Stanley Ogadigwu who will function Secretary of the committee.
The jurist committee will likely be chaired by Prof. Mabel Aworihoma. Prof. Anthony Igwefe, Dr Matins Akinam, Dr. Saudat Abdulbaki, Mr. Kabir Abdulsalam and Mr. Ishola Ayodele will function members whereas the Managing Editor of PRNigeria, Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, will function Secretary.
Talking on behalf of the 2 committees, Mr McMedal thanked NIPR and IMPR for the honour and pledged to do their finest to organise a befitting ceremony subsequent 12 months.
