The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has re-elected Omoniyi Ibietan, a Nigerian, as Secretary-General alongside Arik Karani of Kenya as President and Professor Michele Mekeme of Cameroon as Vice-President.
The association also approved a constitutional reforms that expand its Executive Council.
The decisions were taken at APRA’s General Assembly held in Swakopmund, Namibia, on the sidelines of the Effective Communicators Conference, which ended on 17 July.
The assembly also retained Yomi Badejo-Okusanya, APRA’s immediate past president, as the non-elective member of the Executive Council.
The re-election took place during the Effective Communicators Conference, attended by Namibia’s Vice President, Lucia Witbooi; Botswana’s Vice President, Ndaba Gaolathe; Namibia’s Erongo Region Governor, Natalia Goagoses; and the country’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus.
