Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi, former Special Adviser on Civil Service and Labour Matters to immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
Omoluabi, a holder of postgraduate diploma in journalism, was inducted into the fold of the prestigious Institute on Friday in Abuja at a ceremony.
Speaking at the event, the President and Chairman of Council of the Institute, Dr. Ike Neliaku while congratulating the inductees charged them on sound ethical conduct.
He said time has gone when the practice of public relations was a profession for all-comers, insisting that time to weed out quacks bringing the name of the Institute to disrepute has come.
Responding on behalf of other inductees, Omoluabi while expressing gratitude to the Governing Council for its painstaking efforts in bringing sanity to the practice of public relations in Nigeria said at a time when violent communication has become the order of the day in the country, there is need for professionals to take up the job of public relations at all levels.
He said, “If you look around, the tone of communication has been polluted with violence across board. Instead of us to talk with each other, we are talking to each other.
“That has brought about division and has threatened our peace as a people, that is why one person can wake up one day and threaten a whole ethnic community with quit notice.
“We must begin to streamline our communication with tones of love to heal and that is why professional public relations practitioners must rise up and save the country from the violence in communication,” he stated.
Meanwhile, friends and associates have been congratulating the former Governor’s aide. They said the rare accomplishment is a product of hard work and resilience which stands Omoluabi out.
They wish him well as he braces up for a robust public relations practice.
Present at the venue to support Omoluabi are Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Hon Wemi Jones, APC Stalwart in Kogi state, Dr Kamal Toyin, former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Yahaya Bello, Hon Olatunde Akanmidu and lot of others
