Former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar on Tuesday appointed Mike Omeri, former Director-General of the
National Orientation Agency (NOA) under the Jonathan government, as the
Director in charge of Communication of his 2019 presidential campaign.
Similarly, Dr. Baraka Umar from
Kano State, former Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on
School to Agriculture Programmes, is the new Director in charge of Delegates’
Management.
Omeri, who is a 1988 Bachelor of
Arts Degree graduate of Mass Communication with a Second Class (Honours) Upper
Division from the University of Maiduguri and a Master of Arts Degree in Law
and Diplomacy from the Faculty of Law, University of Jos, Plateau State served
as Director of Press Affairs of Plateau and Nasarawa states; Commissioner,
Ministry of Social Development, Youth and Sports in Nasarawa State between 1996
and 1997; Commissioner, Ministry of Information Youth and Culture (1997-1998)
and later as Commissioner, Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport.
He also worked as Public
Relations Manager, State Controller, and Manager of the Federal Mortgage Bank
in Nasarawa and the Head Office in Abuja.
Mike Omeri is a member of the
Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FRAPA); Fellow, Nigerian
Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR); Member, Nigerian Institute of Management
(MNIM). He is also the Obowu of Keana, Nasarawa State.
Baraka Umar, (née Sani), studied
Political Science from the Bayero University, Kano State; she also holds a
Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) from the same
University.
Before her appointment, Baraka
Umar was Commissioner for Agriculture under Governor Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso in
Kano State, and she contested for the post of National Women Leader of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the December 2017 Convention in Abuja.
Exactly a month ago, Atiku
appointed former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, as his campaign
director-general.
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