August 25, (THEWILL) – Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ini Ememobong, has been elected alongside 16 others as members of the governing council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
Ememobong polled a total of 867 votes, second highest next to Dr. Sule Yau Sule, who polled a total of 868 votes to emerge as one of the members of the governing council of the institute.
The election was held between Thursday night and Friday morning after the Annual General Meeting/Conference of the Institute tagged Abuja2023, with the theme: “Leadership, Public Relations and Value Creation”.
Declaring the winners, Chairman of the electoral committee, Chief Casca Ogosu, described the turnout of the 2023 election as huge and unprecedented in the history of NIPR.
Ogosu explained that 28 candidates contested for the 17 council membership offices.
“Twenty-nine (29) initially indicated interest, one withdrew and 28 stood for the election with 1050 accredited voters,” he noted.
