Adeyemi Adejolu Cleared For NIPR Governing Council Election In Abuja

By Emmanuel Adeoye

Prince Adeyemi Adejolu has been cleared to contest for the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR Governing Council Election expected to take place in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 Elective Annual General Meeting of the Institute. 

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Prince Adeyemi Adejolu, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations was the immediate past Chairman of the Ekiti State Chapter of the Institute.

He was cleared by the NIPR Electoral Committee headed by Chief Casca Ogosu, along with 28 other aspirants, who are vying for a seat out of the 17-man electable membership of the Governing Council during the National Conference and AGM holding in Abuja on Thursday, 24th August, 2023.

According to the NIPR Act, the new Governing Council members will after the election form an Electoral College to elect the President and Vice President, who are to also double as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Governing Council for a tenure of two years.

Among the other 28 cleared for this year’s Governing Council election are two members of the outgoing Council, Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun, former Lagos Chapter Chairman, and Dr. Ike Neliaku of FCT Chapter who are vying for the coveted NIPR Presidency seat after they must have been elected respectively as a member of the Governing Council.

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The 29 cleared aspirants for the NIPR 17-electable membership of the Governing Council are spread across 21-State Chapters of the Federation and FCT, while the candidature of Prince Adeyemi- Adejolu for the Governing Council is said to be the first time the Ekiti State Chapter of NIPR is sponsoring a candidate at that level.

When interviewed, on why he wants to become a member of the NIPR Governing Council, Prince Adeyemi-Adejolu, a professional Fellow of the Institute and the Pioneer Director of Public Relations at The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, disclosed that his aspiration was informed by his passion to give back out of the benefits of his rich professional experience garnered for about 30 years of practice and the need to revamp the Institute’s from the current low perception by the populace.

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