NIPR To Quacks: Steer Clear of Public Relations Practice, Else…
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has warned that any public relations practitioner in the country who is not registered with the Institute is doing so illegally and will be prosecuted if arrested.
The NIPR also advised organizations in the country that have PR departments or trying to operate one to as a matter of necessity contact the Institute in order to ensure that a registered professional Public Relations manager is engaged.
Addressing Journalists ahead of the rescheduled 2020 AGM/National Conference in Bauchi, one of the Council members, Kabiru Garba Aminu said that the practice of public relations in Nigeria is guided by relevant laws which must be adhered to in order to maintain the professionalism of the Institute.
Aminu said; “Anyone practicing PR without membership of the NIPR is regarded as a quack, who should be discarded by the organization that wants effective and virile public relations function.
Aminu, who is the LOC Chairman for Bauchi 2021, explained that the AGM/National Conference was rescheduled in 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, saying that this time around, the program will hold in Bauchi.
He also explained that over 500 members from across the country are expected to be in attendance at the AGM during which election of new leaders will be conducted just as patrons and honorary fellows will be invested including Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and the Emir of Bauchi, Dr Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu.
Aminu said that the NIPR will also plant commemorative trees at the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi and Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere as well as other programs during the AGM which comes up between May 18 and 20, 2021.
