Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer to Bola
Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, has been appointed
Commissioner of Police in Kwara State.
Egbetokun was initially named Acting Commissioner of Police in
Lagos to replace Imohimi Edgal, who had been Lagos CP since Aug
2017, but the appointment was subsequently reversed.
CP Mu’azu Zubairu will now take over from Edgal as the new Lagos
CP, while Egbetokun will assume work as Kwara CP with immediate
effect, and will oversee security in Kwara ahead of next Saturday’s
presidential election.
Kwara is one of the biggest talking points of the elections,
with Bukola Saraki, Senate President, who left the ruling party for
the opposition, and Lai Mohammed, the Miniter of Information, both
pushing hard to put their respective parties in control of the
state.
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment,
along with the deployment of 36 other senior officials, following a
recommendation by the acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed
Adamu.
Apart from Kwara, Lagos, and Kogi, other states now have new
police commissioners while the CP in charge of FCT, Borno and a few
other states’ appointments were revalidated.
According to a statement by Ikechukwu Ani, spokesman of the
Police Service Commission (PSC), the Commissioners of Police and
the states they are deployed in are: “Buba Sanusi, Katsina State;
Mohammed Wakili, Kano State; Rabiu Ladodo, Jigawa State; Ahmed
Iliyasu, Ogun State; Mu’azu Zubairu, Lagos State; Ibrahim Sabo,
Niger State; Alkassam Sanusi, Taraba State; Garba M. Mukaddas,
Adamawa State; Omololu Bishi, Benue State; Bola Longe, Nassarawa
State; Isaac Akinmoyede, Plagos, teau State; Odumosu Hakeem, Edo
State; Olushola David, Bayelsa State; Adeleke Yinka, Delta State;
Austin Iwero Agbonlahor, Cross Rivers State; Bashir Makama, Akwa
Ibom State; Awosola Awotunde, Ebonyi State; Belel Usman, Rivers
State; Bello Makwashi, Gombe State and Abdulrahman Ahmed, Kaduna
State.”
Others are: “Bala Ciroma, FCT; Egbetokun Kayode, Kwara State;
Hakeem Busari, Kogi State; Asuquo Amba, Ekiti state; Galadanchi
Dasuki, Imo State; Suleiman Balarabe, Enugu State; Dandaura
Mustapha, Anambra State; Etim Ene Okon, Abia state; Ibrahim Kaoje,
Sokoto state; Celestine Okoye, Zamfara State; Garba Danjuma, Kebbi
State; Abiodun Ige, Osun State; Undie Adie, Ondo State; Olukolu
Shina, Oyo State; Ali Janga, Bauchi State; Damian Chukwu, Bornu
State and Sumonu Abdulmalik, Yobe State.”
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NIPR to Commence Prosecution of Illegal
Spokespersons
…. Appoints General Olukolade Chairman of Compliance Panel
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has appointed
retired General Chris Olukolade as its Chairman Compliance
Committee to monitor and initiate prosecutions of uncertified
spokespersons who fraudulently claim to be practicing public
relations in the country.
The President of NIPR, Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo who made this known
at the inauguration of the committee in Abuja said the Institute
would pursue and ensure full compliance to its enabling laws.
He said; “We shall add teeth to our enforcement of the
provisions of the Act because doing so will help our democracy and
support government’s effort at anti-corruption and entrenching
respect for the rule of law.
“We solicit support from the Minister of Information to approach
the Attorney General of the Federation to constitute the tribunal
to check the unwholesome activities of quacks as stipulated in the
NIPR Act.”
Also speaking on the inductions of new NIPR members from the
Federal Ministry of Information at the occasion, the President said
the Institute is willing to deploy its expertise as communication
managers to reduce the spate of hate speeches and divisive politics
that tend to undermine the core values that unite us as a
nation.
He said: “I reasoned that the best way to reduce the fear of
marginalization by different segments of our society is to widen
the space for dialogue Our establishment of Tonie Iredia led Policy
and Strategy Committee which will among other things organise
Public Relations Summit which will be a quarterly national platform
where issues that are germane to the corporate existence, unity and
development of our nation shall be examined dispassionately by
notable critical stakeholders with a view to enriching government
policies, promote healthy debates and ensure better consensus
building.
“One of the reasons why there is more attraction to fake news
and hate speeches on social media is the perennial problem of poor
management of public communication. The way to change that is to
stop putting square pegs in round holes in our choice and
appointments of spokespersons, public affairs or communication
managers in public and private offices at the Federal, State and
Local Government Levels in Nigeria.”
The terms of reference of the Compliance Committee, which has
serving and retired officers from security and law enforcement
sectors as members is to sensitize the various stakeholders and the
general public on the need for full compliance to the NIPR Act and
NIPR Bye-law; to facilitate the setting up of the NIPR Tribunal to
check the activities of quacks who are practice public relations in
Nigeria without proper registration as required by the NIPR Act and
to monitor advertisements and recruitments relating to public
relations practitioners and call attention of such advertisers to
the provision of the NIPR Act.
Others include to monitor the activities of PR practitioners
with a view to ensuring that all those who are not registered are
made to do so and initiate the prosecution of individuals or
corporate bodies operating in violation of the NIPR Act.
The law establishing the NIPR makes it a criminal offence for
any individual to practice public relations or spokesperson without
the necessary certification and licensing. The law provides for
imprisonment, fine, or both.
By PRNigeria