The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party for the 2023 election, Peter Obi on Friday announced Professor Charles Okigbo as his campaign spokesperson.
Jack Obinyan, a top campaigner of the Obi-Datti ticket disclosed this update via his verified Facebook page.
Prof. Charles Okigbo is a professor emeritus of strategic communication at North Dakota State University (USA), where he conducts research on media coverage of elections, strategic fundraising in higher education, and the processes for leadership development and social change. jamb results
He had been Registrar of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Vice President of ORBICOM, The UNESCO Think Tank at the University of Quebec, Montréal, Canada, and the Executive Coordinator of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Prof. Okigbo had taught full-time or part-time at the University of Nigeria (UNN), University of Lagos (UNILAG), Daystar University, Nairobi, and the University of Nairobi. He has been a consultant and temporary adviser to UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, Ford Foundation, and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
The Don has published seven books on advertising and public relations, dev com, strategic health communication, public affairs reporting, and market.
Meanwhile, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu, has backed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Moghalu said this as he recounted how they had both worked together on economic reforms and the education sector of Anambra state when Obi was the governor.
Moghalu, who was a presidential aspirant on the platform African of Democratic Congress (ADC), said Obi visited him in his Abuja home on Thursday, where they discussed issues bordering on the nation.
The political economist disclosed this on his verified Twitter page on Friday.
Moghalu tweeted: “H.E. @PeterObi paid me a visit yesterday morning at my residence in Abuja.
“I was very glad to receive him. We discussed the state of the nation and his aspiration to lead our country from 2023. I have always enjoyed a warm fraternal relationship with ‘Okwute’.
“We collaborated closely when he was Governor of @AnambraStateGov and I, also an Anambra indigene, was Deputy Governor of @cenbank.
“I recall his keen interest in education and our close coordination when, as CBN DepGov, I influenced a corporate social responsibility investment of N1 billion by the Bank in building infrastructure for Anambra State University in Igbariam (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University).
“I also recall H.E. PO’s invitation to me to deliver the 6th Edition of the Anambra State Distinguished Public Service Lecture in 2011 on the subject of Nigeria’s banking reforms, his conferment on me of the Anambra State Government’s Special Award for Excellence, and our collaboration as colleagues in Nigeria’s Economic Management Team (EMT) under then-President @GEJonathan.
“As someone who has been a leading voice for our youth and a Third Force approach to Nigeria’s democracy, I believe PO’s candidacy is a welcome development.”
