The Head of Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Omoniyi Ibietan, has been elected as the secretary-general of the African Public Relations Association (APRA).
On Thursday, Mr Ibietan was elected at the ongoing 35th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
He was elected to a three-member executive council. The other two members are Arik Karani of Kenya as president and Michele Mekeme of Cameroon as vice president.
Mr Ibietan, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), 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 and work more closely with the African Union Commission and Council of Ministers to put public relations at the heart of policy, programmes, and project implementation.
APRA, the successor to the Federation of African Public Relations Association (FAPRA), instituted in Nairobi in 1975, fosters the unity of Africans and their global allies through interactions and exchange of meaning.
