A Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and accomplished strategic communicator, Prince Sunday Adeyemi-Adejolu had scaled through the hurdle of screening by the Nigerian Institute
of Public Relations (NIPR) Electoral Committee to contest for as a member of the Institute’s
Governing Council at the 2023 Elective Annual General Meeting.
Prince Adeyemi-Adejolu, the immediate past Chairman of the Ekiti State Chapter of NIPR was
cleared by the NIPR Electoral Committee headed by Chief Casca Ogosu, along with 28 other
aspirants, who are vying for a seat out of the 17-man electable membership of the Governing
Council during the National Conference and AGM holding in Abuja on Thursday, 24th August, 2023.
According to the NIPR Act, the new Governing Council members will after the election form an
Electoral College to elect the President and Vice President, who are to also double as Chairman and
Vice Chairman of the Governing Council for a tenure of two years.
Among the other 28 cleared for this year’s Governing Council election are two members of the
outgoing Council, Mrs. Nkechi Ali-Balogun, former Lagos Chapter Chairman, and Dr. Ike Neliaku of
FCT Chapter who are vying for the coveted NIPR Presidency seat after they must have been elected
respectively as a member of the Governing Council.
The 29 cleared aspirants for the NIPR 17-electable membership of the Governing Council are spread
across 21-State Chapters of the Federation and FCT, while the candidature of Prince Adeyemi- Adejolu for the Governing Council is said to be the first time the Ekiti State Chapter of NIPR is
sponsoring a candidate at that level.
When interviewed, on why he wants to become a member of the NIPR Governing Council, Prince
Adeyemi-Adejolu, a professional Fellow of the Institute and the Pioneer Director of Public Relations
at The Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, disclosed that his aspiration was informed by his
passion to give back out of the benefits of his rich professional experience garnered for about
30years of practice and the need to revamp the Institute’s from the current low perception by the
populace.