NIPR Makes Case For Practitioners In Public Service

Public Relations practitioners in the nation’s public service may soon begin to enjoy a new lease of  life if the request  by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to have the Establishment Department of the Presidency create a promotional cadre for the institute’s graduates in the civil service is acceded to by the Federal Government.

Speaking at the institute’s 2012 Convocation held in Lagos recently, the president and Chairman of the Governing Council of the institute,  Alhaji Mohammed Abdulahi, stated  that  the request, when granted, would ensure the full employment and promotion of holders of the institute’s diploma in both the public and private sectors.

While expressing delight that the Federal Ministry of Information is now working closely with the institute’s governing council on the matter,  he disclosed  that the National Council on Information had resolved to keep working  with the institute until the new establishment cadre for public relations is fully implemented.

—Henry Ojelu