By Olawale Lamina- Editor
The Assistant Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Jonas Agwu mni, has joined the top echelon of Public Relations practitioners in the country with his formal admission as a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, following his proven track- record of consistent professional conduct and practice over the years.
The fellowship of the NIPR remains the highest professional membership attainment, enjoyed only by members who have gone through fellowship screening (in the hands of highly competent and revered panelists) through presentation after 10 years on full member category.
Jonas’ conferment event took place on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as the high point of the 2024 NIPR Week.
As a consistent practitioner with focused hard work, the fellowship recipient was before now, a two-time spokesperson as well as Supervisor of Higher Command structure of the FRSC, before his appointments as the Acting Head of Operations Department at the national headquarters, Abuja and rose to become the Corps Public Education Officer in January, 2024 , leading to another height within a short period as the Head of the Corps Public Education Office.
A statement made available by the FRSC Deputy Corps Public Education Officer, Corps Commander Charles Edem, on the Assistant Corps Marshal Jonas Agwu, include the fact that, as a thoroughbred PR Practitioner, he is bonafide member of Chartered Institute of Public Relations, United Kingdom; an Alumnus of International School of Public Relations, London and University of Lagos where he bagged both Bachelor and Masters of Arts Degrees in History respectively. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
The new Fellow of the NIPR has been described by many as an extremely passionate road safety officer with career spanning about 25 years in active service of fatherland, one who has deployed his wealth of experience in serving at different capacity Corps, holding several commanding positions in different states of the Federation.
The FRSC’s image maker has attended a number of some of the most credible security, road safety and transportation courses both within and outside the country.
Meanwhile, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Ali Biu has called on the Fellow of the NIPR to bring his wealth of experience to bear in his capacity as the head of the Corps Public Education Office in order to foster a renewed sense of optimism in the Corps, even as congratulatory messages keep pouring in for Jonas Agwu from all quarters.
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