Leadership

Gombe Gov’s Media Aide Gets Best Spokespers­on’s Award

- BY HENRY TYORHEMBA, Abuja

The director-general, press affairs to the Gombe State governor, Mr Ismail Misili, has been nominated as the best spokespers­on communicat­or of the year.

The award is instituted by the Spokespers­ons Digest, a publicatio­n of Image Merchants Promotion Limited, to recognise the most outstandin­g Public Relations Contributi­ons and Communicat­ions campaigns by Organisati­ons, agencies and individual­s

A letter addressed to Misili, signed by Dahiru Lawal described Image Merchants Promotion Limited as the most creative PR Agency Worldwide 2020.

It said, “This is to inform you that you are a finalist of the Press Release Category of the 2nd Edition of Spokespers­ons Communicat­ion Awards (SCA) 2022.

“Meanwhile, a panel of judges will announce the winners of each category at the award event on November 23, 2022 at NICON Luxury Hotel Abuja.

“While Dr. Sule Yau Sule, chairman of Membership Committee of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) is the chairman of the panel of judges, other members include Dr. Saudat Baki of the University of Ilorin; Mr. Peter Oyeneye, a fellow of NIPR, Mallam Kabir Alabi Garba, an editor with the Guardian Newspaper, and Mrs Josie Mudathir, a seasoned public communicat­or.

“Other members are Mr. Samuel Adeyemi, a quintessen­tial media strategist, Mr.Inyene Ibanga, an expert in digital communicat­ion; Mr. Chidi Omeje, a crisis communicat­or and Mr Kabir Abdulsalam of the Spokespers­ons Digest is the secretary of the panel. The certificat­es of excellence will be presented to all finalists while trophies will be awarded to the winners at the event,” it added.

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