Man Arraigned For Allegedly Forging CAC Stamp | Nairalaw

The police on Tuesday arraigned a businessman, Manessah Adam,
41, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly
forging a Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC) stamp.

The defendant is charged with forgery.

The police prosecutor, Adeyemi Oyeyemi, told the court that Mr
Ifeka Jerome, of Cooperates Affairs Commission (C.A.C) Abuja,
reported the matter at the FCT Police Command, Abuja on Feb.
20.

He alleged that one Azeez Yusuf reported to the commission that
the defendant collected N60, 000, with a promise to register his
company with the C.A.C.

He told the court that the defendant allegedly forged the
official stamp of the commission with which he used to stamp
Yusuf’s application letter and presented same to him as the
original from CAC..

He said that during the police investigation, the defendant
allegedly confessed that he forged.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of
Section 364 of the Penal Code.

However, the defendant denied committing the offence.

Mr Simon Dauda counsel to the defendant applied for bail on a
liberal term.

Magistrate Elizebeth Jones-Winnie granted the prayers of the
council and admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of 500,000
with two sureties in like sum.

She ordered that the sureties must sign a bond should produce
any utility bill.

The magistrate further ordered that the sureties must reside
within the court’s jurisdiction.

She adjourned the case until March 27, for further hearing.

PR is Beyond Creating Self-image – Kabir
Dangogo

The profession of Public Relations, according to Mallam Kabir
Dangogo, is not primarily concerned with only creating a fantastic
self-image for individuals or corporate entities. But rather, it is
more about doing things logically, persuasively, strategically, and
professionally so as to achieve clearly set-out predetermined
objectives.

Mallam Dangogo, an award-winning PR Practitioner and a former
Scribe of the African Public Relations Association (APRA), bemoaned
the terrible state of Public Relations in Nigeria.

Speaking with Mass-Communication on an internship programme at
the PRNigeria office in Abuja, Dangogo said that the influx of
brilliant writers and articulate speakers who masquerade as PR
Practitioners, in a way, also dented the image of the noble
profession.

Mr Dangogo who clocked 70th birthday recently noted that many of
the so-called exceptional writers and eloquent speakers, are
inexperienced in the art of persuasive communication and
establishing goodwill between their principals or organizations and
the general public.

“Public Relations, I must say, goes beyond just writing in
superb English grammar, or speaking English in a cockney accent. PR
is more about marketing and outstandingly branding oneself or an
organisation through effective, methodical, and persuasive
communication. And the strategy to be applied must be devoid of
unprofessional conducts,” he said.

A fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Dangogo
advised Public Relations experts to first identify and put crises
in their right situational context, then brainstorm and proffer
necessary solutions.

He said the reason why many PR officers find it difficult to
deal with journalists is because they lack requisite skills on a
robust and vibrant PR-media relationship.

Amid complex problem, the veteran PR guru admonished PR
practitioners to maintain their calmness and avoid reacting
harshly.

He also stressed the need for every PR officer to endeavor to
establish goodwill and build a friendly rapport with members of the
press.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with
veteran PR specialist  and trainer, Malam Kabir Dangogo on the
occasion of his 70th birthday.

The president expressed the felicitation in a statement by his
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu,
in Abuja.

While celebrating the public relations specialist, who rose to
become President of the Federation of African Public Relations
Association (FAPRA), President Buhari wished and prayed for his
good health and longer life.

The president, in a congratulatory letter to Dangogo, said: “I
wish to join your family, associates and colleagues in the
communications industry in wishing you a Happy 70th birthday.

“Your reputation as a consummate professional imbued with a high
sense of integrity is widely known by many who have had
interactions with you while you practiced journalism at the New
Nigerian and the Nigerian Television Authority, and while you were
in Public Relations at the Bank of the North Limited and Union Bank
of Nigeria Plc.

“Your tenure as the founding president of the Association of
Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) also comes highly
regarded.

“You also made Nigeria proud as the Secretary General of the
Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA) from
2002 to 2006.

“My prayer is that Almighty Allah will continue to guide and
guard you and keep you and your family under His care.”

By PRNigeria