The Commissioner for Information, Akwa Ibom State, Ini Ememobong has emerged as governing council member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
Out of the 1,050 accredited voters, the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner polled a total of 867 votes to emerge as the governing council member.
Declaring the winners at the end of the elections which was conducted after the annual general meeting/conference of the NIPR tagged Abuja 2023, with the theme: “Leadership, Public Relations and Value Creation,” the chairman of the electoral committee, Chief Casca Ogosu said this year’s election was Keenly contested adding that the turn out was very impressive
He, however, congratulated the winners disclosing that 28 candidates contested for the 17 council membership offices.
He also urged them to use their wealth of experience to add value to the body so that they can leave it better than they met it.
He said, “I congratulate all the winners of the 2023 NIPR elections for various offices. I encourage you to bring your experience to bear for the growth of NIPR. Initially, 29 persons indicated interest for the election but one person withdrew along the line thereby making the number of contestants 28.
Our Correspondent reports that the election was held between Thursday and Friday morning and Dr Sule Yay Sule got the highest votes of 868.