By Celestine Okafor, Mnipr (Editor-in-chief)
A presidential candidate in the Thursday, August 24, 2023 Council Elections of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) scheduled to hold in Abuja, Dr Ike Neliaku, has extended a warm congratulations to the new NIPR members who were officially received for induction into the various categories of the institute.
Dr Neliaku and a foremost PR matriarch, Mrs Nkechi Ali-Balogun (NAB), will be testing their popularity strength among NIPR delegates at the elective convention for the Presidency of the Institute this week. Whoever emerges as new President between the two friends and prime contenders, would succeed the incumbent President, Malam Mukhtar Z. Surajo, Fnipr.
Speaking to the new inductees in a goodwill message at the weekend, Dr Neliaku welcomed the NIPR Eaglets admitted into the different levels of membership of the institute and assured them that they have "joined the best professional organisation in the world, and at the right time when our Institute is about to explode in values for members and the society". He stated that "A new dawn of higher rising, opportunities and greatness BECKONS! Next week, 24th Aug., 2023 is a date of history, and I invite you all to be part of the great story.
"Congratulations on your induction, but more importantly, come on that day with a mindset of taking informed decisions that will enhance the growth and development of the Institute.
"You stand as the beneficiaries of the Institute's decades of labour if only we get it right in this election". Dr. Neliaku however urged them to vote for him for a visionary leadership in NIPR. "Let's rise and prosper together!!!", Neliaku exhorted. NNL.
