NIPR to stem quackery in Industry
Mr. Rotimi Oladele, President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), has lamented the increasing problems of quackery in the public relations profession in the country, saying the situation is affecting the image of the practitioners and the institute.
Mallam Mukhtar Siraj, a representative of the president who briefed journalists on the annual national conference/AGM of the institute in Ilorin on Monday, said that so many individuals and businesses, including big names, refer to themselves as public relations practitioners or outfits.
The NIPR boss said that the institute is set to reposition the profession, and that part of measures to fight quackery would include compilation of membership list, recertification of members and issuance of practice number for each accredited individual member.
Speaking on registration, he said that any unregistered practising member would be treated as practising illegally, adding that such people would be arrested and may be prosecuted.
“Information officers in the public and private sectors are supposed to be members of the institute. Anyone of them practising illegally would be sanctioned henceforth”, he added
He also appealed to members in Kwara State to recertify as members so as to become full fledged members.
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