Prof Charles C. Okigbo is passionate about teaching strategic communication, advertising, public relations, and mixed-methods social research to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals in communication, education, nonprofit organizations, and government service.

He is 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.

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.

Dr. Okigbo had taught fulltime or part time at the University of Nigeria, University of Lagos, Daystar University, Nairobi, and the University of Nairobi. He has been consultant and temporary adviser to UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, Ford Foundation, and Friedrich
Ebert Stiftung.

He is passionate about providing Executive Education opportunities in advertising, public relations and strategic communication in Africa, the United States, and other parts of the world. Dr. Okigbo has published (as editor) seven books on advertising and public relations,
development communication, strategic health communication, public affairs reporting, and marketing politics.

Good, only eggheads and upstanding technocrats will work with Peter Obi.

We don't need riffraff, wishy-washy, sycophants and mediocres

OKIGBO east affairs only, if you know you know

Wey Sam Omatseye and Festus Keyamo? Make una come learn work o.

yyba:
OKIGBO east affairs only, if you know you know

They are already crying. We know enemies of state will.

A professor as Peter Obi media head is already unsettling them.

Ndi ara

God1000:
Good, only eggheads and upstanding technocrats will work with Peter Obi.

We don't need riffraff, wishy-washy, sycophants and mediocres

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yyba:
OKIGBO east affairs only, if you know you know

I'm telling you even the VP is an Igbo man from Mauritania..

The appointees of LP are all from the SE and SS, its a Biafra government

This Peter Obi is a masterclass head hunter. He knows how to get the best hands.

Now, imagine this professor as a future minister of communications as compared to Pantami?

Nigeria has enough qualified hands, while we use unqualified people.

The structureless party now has a structure and also, is now a force to be reckoned with it's no longer a sm party.

Peter Obi 2023

awesome

Vickym1:
The structureless party now has a structure and also, is now a force to be reckoned with it's no longer a sm party.

Peter Obi 2023

I don't see obi becoming the next president.

Unless PDP and Wike didn't settle their différences before the next presidencial election.

Then obi stand a chance of winning

From experience Professors are very poor in real life implementation of their theories

Charles Okigbo is a professor emeritus in STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION.

He has a public policy degree from Havard and Political Philosophy from UNN, Nsukka.

If urchins understand what strategic communication means, especially one led by a professor emeritus of a US University, they will start crying. It's a big win for Peter Obi.

While Tinubu and Atiku were rushing to name a campaign spoke person, Obi was busy combing the world for a strategic communication experts and his patience paid off.

He now has a Professor of Strategic Communication leading his communication team.

For the illiterate urchins, strategic communication is using data, audience analysis to infuse agenda in communication to drive organizational objectives. It's not coming on air ranting like a loose cannon like Keyamo.

It's using communication to influence people and there is no better strategic communication professor in Nigeria with a background in political philosophy and public policy than Professor Okigbo.

It's OBI 0'clock.

GamalNasser:
From experience Professors are very poor in real life implementation of their theories

He is a Professor in US University and not Nigeria.

yyba:
OKIGBO east affairs only, if you know you know

Mention one igbo or Niger delta person on TINUBU tink tank?

Very useless bigot, senseless and idiotic in thinking.

Tribal terrorist.

Show us what tinubu has and stop being silly.

Totilopussylick:


I don't see obi becoming the next president.

Unless PDP and Wike didn't settle their différences before the next presidencial election.

Then obi stand a chance of winning

Huncle come out of ur daydreaming as if Wike is the one that will gather vote from all over Nigeria for pdp, pls what so special about this Wike? Apart from river state, which other state is his stronghold?

Totilopussylick:


I don't see obi becoming the next president.

Unless PDP and Wike didn't settle their différences before the next presidencial election.

Then obi stand a chance of winning

Peter Obi is the next President of Nigeria

Igbo everywhere. DOA

Sannisege:
Igbo everywhere. DOA

Which tribe fills atiku campaign trail, northerners.
You cannot be a member of Tinubu campaign group if you're not yoruba.

If Joe Igbokwe were to be a yoruba man, he would have been a governor or senator after serving Lagos foe 50 years.

As much as this is a good appointment, I would have preferred if he was from a different tribe to avoid opponents labeling it an igbo project. Peter obi campaign needs to take note of these little things to avoid giving the opposition loopholes to attack. But then, it’s a good one.

This is a good one. Going forward heads must be hunted from every region. Every region has men of calibre making waves all over the globe. Of course many are already in the books of other parties , but include diversity In our team. We can do this. Amen.

I am obidient and yusful

ThrownBack:


Which tribe fills atiku campaign trail, northerners.
You cannot be a member of Tinubu campaign group if you're not yoruba.

If Joe Igbokwe were to be a yoruba man, he would have been a governor or senator after serving Lagos foe 50 years.

Bro, I’m an Obi supporter. But he mustn’t do the same things others do. This is a good appointment no doubt but he has to be careful because his haters are already labeling his campaign igbo project. Others might do certain things and get away with it but not him. Hopefully, he diversifies his next campaign appointments.

ThrownBack:


Which tribe fills atiku campaign trail, northerners.
You cannot be a member of Tinubu campaign group if you're not yoruba.

If Joe Igbokwe were to be a yoruba man, he would have been a governor or senator after serving Lagos foe 50 years.

Tinubu’s campaign council is headed by Simon Lalong from Plateau state and the head of communication is Festus Keyamo from Delta state.

Peter Obi is a well know IPOB apologist and a far worse nepotistic person than even Buhari. I’m not surprised his first major campaign appointment goes to an Igbo. This is just the beginning of more nepotistic appointments to come.

The rest of the country should brace up for more of this if Peter Obi becomes the president. Stella Oduah’s record of sacking all Yoruba management staff in Federal Ministry of Aviation and replacing them with Igbos will be a child’s play. If you have any doubt, check out this evergreen thread https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

seunmsg:


Tinubu’s campaign council is headed by Simon Lalong from Plateau state and the head of communication is Festus Keyamo from Delta state.

Peter Obi is a well know IPOB apologist and a far worse nepotistic person than even Buhari. I’m not surprised his first major campaign appointment goes to an Igbo. This is just the beginning of more nepotistic appointments to come.

The rest of the country should brace up for more of this if Peter Obi becomes the president. Stella Oduah’s record of sacking all Yoruba management staff in Federal Ministry of Aviation and replacing them with Igbos will be a child’s play. If you have any doubt, check out this evergreen thread https://www.nairaland.com/745731/yoruba-marginalization-elders-met-jonathan

You just confirmed your tribalism. Tinubu chose an hausa man and a warri man, Peter Obi should also choose an Hausa man and a warri man too? In the end, there will be no single Igbo person in the whole teams.

Your cry is not about equity, but a complaint that an Igbo name even cropped up in the first place. We know your type, a people that hide under tribalism to perpetuate a worse tribalism.

Where were you when all security appointments under Buhari excluded anything Igbos, I didn't hear you complain. Where were you when all Igbos in the previous government were removed, you remained mute, saying it serves them right.

Suddenly you regained your voice today, and your bile became bloated as soon as you heard an Igbo name. Please rid yourself of ethnic hate, see the qualifications of the man in question, show me who you should hire if you want the best, forget tribe for once and insist on qualified people.

God1000:
Good, only eggheads and upstanding technocrats will work with Peter Obi.

We don't need riffraff, wishy-washy, sycophants and mediocres

still an Igbo affair

Ipob candidate

BATified2023:
still an Igbo affair

Ipob candidate

Afjonja Affair #Emilokan

Oduduwa candidate

For the avoidance of Confusion, Peter Obi's Campaign Director General is Dr. Doyin Okupe, a yoruba Man from Ogun state.

Tinubu should show us one Igbo person in his core campaign team.

Na so

ThrownBack:


You just confirmed your tribalism. Tinubu chose an hausa man and a warri man, Peter Obi should also choose an Hausa man and a warri man too? In the end, there will be no single Igbo person in the whole teams.

Your cry is not about equity, but a complaint that an Igbo name even cropped up in the first place. We know your type, a people that hide under tribalism to perpetuate a worse tribalism.

Where were you when all security appointments under Buhari excluded anything Igbos, I didn't hear you complain. Where were you when all Igbos in the previous government were removed, you remained mute, saying it serves them right.

Suddenly you regained your voice today, and your bile became bloated as soon as you heard an Igbo name. Please rid yourself of ethnic hate, see the qualifications of the man in question, show me who you should hire if you want the best, forget tribe for once and insist on qualified people.

You don’t have to lie disingenuously and deflect the real issues I responded to just to defend your tribal lord and savior. I detest people who don’t argue truthfully. You made it very clear in your comment that i responded to that “You cannot be a member of Tinubu campaign group if you’re not Yoruba”.

The tribalism, outright falsehood and crass silliness of the part in bold is why I called you out. You tribalised the thread and then turned around to accuse me of tribalism. The DG of Tinubu’s campaign group is not a Yoruba person. The head of communications of Tinubu’s campaign group is not a Yoruba person. So, why the evil lie? Must everyone associated with Peter Obi’s campaign be a liar?

Peter can choose anyone from anywhere and that’s his business. If he like, he should make his campaign team 100% Igbo, it’s none of my business. Just leave Tinubu out of Peter Obi’s nepotism. My job here is to call out folks like you who want to lie against Tinubu to defend or justify the crude nepotism of Peter Obi. I won’t allow you. Period.

Wey Sam Omatseye and Festus Keyamo

IamAtikulate:
Charles Okigbo is a professor emeritus in STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION.

He has a public policy degree from Havard and Political Philosophy from UNN, Nsukka.

If urchins understand what strategic communication means, especially one led by a professor emeritus of a US University, they will start crying. It's a big win for Peter Obi.

While Tinubu and Atiku were rushing to name a campaign spoke person, Obi was busy combing the world for a strategic communication experts and his patience paid off.

He now has a Professor of Strategic Communication leading his communication team.

For the illiterate urchins, strategic communication is using data, audience analysis to infuse agenda in communication to drive organizational objectives. It's not coming on air ranting like a loose cannon like Keyamo.

It's using communication to influence people and there is no better strategic communication professor in Nigeria with a background in political philosophy and public policy than Professor Okigbo.

It's OBI 0'clock.

Does it also mean he is the campaign spokesman?

Only if ipigs will allow him do his job.