The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has hailed the conferment of
the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (fnipr) on two
management staff of the Commission, as meritorious and a testimony to the
Commission’s promotion of professionalism and excellence in its scheme of
management.
The NCC EVC’s assertion followed the recent investiture and
induction of Mr. Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs, and Dr. Omoniyi
Ibietan, Head, Media Relations in the Public Affairs Department of the Commission,
as Fellows of the Chartered Institute during its AGM and Conference at the
International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Danbatta, in congratulating the duo, said the Commission is
proud to have produced these two individuals who have been considered worthy of
elevation to the fellowship cadre of the prestigious institution like the NIPR,
and that their emergence resonates with two of the Commission’s core values;
Excellence and Professionalism; which the Commission coincidentally shares with
the NIPR.
The NCC boss, a Professor of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, with many Fellowships like: Nigerian Society of Engineers,
Nigerian Academy of Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, and Renewable and Alternative Energy Society of Nigeria, expressed
delight at the level of performance of the Commission’s staff in their
different areas of professional calling.
He commended the NIPR as a body for its commitment in the
regulation of the practice of public relations in Nigeria for which it has
found an ally in NCC. "This can only rekindle the healthy collaboration
and partnership existing between the NCC and NIPR, especially in the area of
capacity-building and commitment to appropriate national social
orientation", Danbatta stated.
Muoka, the Director of Public Affairs Department of the NCC,
holds M.Sc. in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos with
specialisation in Public Relations and Advertising, after a Postgraduate
Diploma in the same field from the same University; and he had earlier obtained
a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from the University of Ilorin. Besides
being a fellow of NIPR, he is also an associate of the Registered Practitioners
of Advertising,(ARPA).
He had worked for many years as Communications Editor in
Vanguard Newspapers during which he also chaired the League of Communications
Correspondents, one of the platforms that championed the deregulation of the
telecom industry in Nigeria. He also worked for MTS First Wireless, Nigeria’s
first mobile network operator, where he rose to the position of Deputy General
Manager. In 1999, Muoka received a fellowship involving a Pan-African training
and tour, leading to the award of a Diploma in Journalism, at the instance of
the Egyptian Ministry of Information, and the African Journalists Union (AJU),
in Cairo, Egypt.
Ibietan earned a PhD in Communication from North-West
University in South Africa. He had earlier obtained MA in Communication and
Language Arts from the University of Ibadan, a BA in Communication Arts from
the University of Uyo, and a Journalism Diploma from the Moscow-based
International Institute of Journalism, Abuja Campus. A noted advocate of
freedom and democracy, he was Freedom House Nigeria Project’s Regional Media
Researcher in the Niger Delta until his appointment in 2006 as Special Media
Assistant to the Federal Minister of Information and Communication, during
which he popularised the use of new media for public communication in Nigeria.
He is a member of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) and
the International Institute of Communications (IIC).
Ibietan joined the NCC in 2008 and was deployed to
Legislative and Government Relations (LGR) Department where he was frontline
liaison staff of the Commission with the National Assembly. Much later after
the merging of the LGR Department with the Public Affairs Department in 2010,
he served as Manager Media and Public Relations under Muoka’s supervision and
became Senior Manager Media Management until January 2017 when he was
redeployed to PAD’s emergent Online Media and Special Publication Unit, and
subsequently designated as the head of the Unit. He also worked at the Consumer
Information and Education Unit of the Commission’s Consumer Affairs Bureau
(CAB) until his redeployment to PAD. He became an Assistant Director in January
2021 and was appointed Head Media Relations in July 2022.
), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, has hailed the conferment of the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, (fnipr) on two management staff of the Commission, as meritorious and a testimony to the Commission’s promotion of professionalism and excellence in its scheme of management.
The NCC EVC’s assertion followed the recent investiture and
induction of Mr. Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs, and Dr. Omoniyi
Ibietan, Head, Media Relations in the Public Affairs Department of the Commission,
as Fellows of the Chartered Institute during its AGM and Conference at the
International Conference Centre in Abuja.
Danbatta, in congratulating the duo, said the Commission is
proud to have produced these two individuals who have been considered worthy of
elevation to the fellowship cadre of the prestigious institution like the NIPR,
and that their emergence resonates with two of the Commission’s core values;
Excellence and Professionalism; which the Commission coincidentally shares with
the NIPR.
The NCC boss, a Professor of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, with many Fellowships like: Nigerian Society of Engineers,
Nigerian Academy of Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, and Renewable and Alternative Energy Society of Nigeria, expressed
delight at the level of performance of the Commission’s staff in their
different areas of professional calling.
He commended the NIPR as a body for its commitment in the
regulation of the practice of public relations in Nigeria for which it has
found an ally in NCC. "This can only rekindle the healthy collaboration
and partnership existing between the NCC and NIPR, especially in the area of
capacity-building and commitment to appropriate national social
orientation", Danbatta stated.
Muoka, the Director of Public Affairs Department of the NCC,
holds M.Sc. in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos with
specialisation in Public Relations and Advertising, after a Postgraduate
Diploma in the same field from the same University; and he had earlier obtained
a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts from the University of Ilorin. Besides
being a fellow of NIPR, he is also an associate of the Registered Practitioners
of Advertising,(ARPA).
He had worked for many years as Communications Editor in
Vanguard Newspapers during which he also chaired the League of Communications
Correspondents, one of the platforms that championed the deregulation of the
telecom industry in Nigeria. He also worked for MTS First Wireless, Nigeria’s
first mobile network operator, where he rose to the position of Deputy General
Manager. In 1999, Muoka received a fellowship involving a Pan-African training
and tour, leading to the award of a Diploma in Journalism, at the instance of
the Egyptian Ministry of Information, and the African Journalists Union (AJU),
in Cairo, Egypt.
Ibietan earned a PhD in Communication from North-West
University in South Africa. He had earlier obtained MA in Communication and
Language Arts from the University of Ibadan, a BA in Communication Arts from
the University of Uyo, and a Journalism Diploma from the Moscow-based
International Institute of Journalism, Abuja Campus. A noted advocate of
freedom and democracy, he was Freedom House Nigeria Project’s Regional Media
Researcher in the Niger Delta until his appointment in 2006 as Special Media
Assistant to the Federal Minister of Information and Communication, during
which he popularised the use of new media for public communication in Nigeria.
He is a member of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) and
the International Institute of Communications (IIC).
Ibietan joined the NCC in 2008 and was deployed to
Legislative and Government Relations (LGR) Department where he was frontline
liaison staff of the Commission with the National Assembly. Much later after
the merging of the LGR Department with the Public Affairs Department in 2010,
he served as Manager Media and Public Relations under Muoka’s supervision and
became Senior Manager Media Management until January 2017 when he was
redeployed to PAD’s emergent Online Media and Special Publication Unit, and
subsequently designated as the head of the Unit. He also worked at the Consumer
Information and Education Unit of the Commission’s Consumer Affairs Bureau
(CAB) until his redeployment to PAD. He became an Assistant Director in January
2021 and was appointed Head Media Relations in July 2022.
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