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By Cosmas Omegoh
Rhema University, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, has appointed Mr Earl Ugochukwu Okezie as its Public Relations Officer to manage its communication and public relations affairs.
According to a release made available to Sunday Sun, “Okezie has been saddled with the task of devising strategies and programmes aimed at creating a favourable image of the university in the minds of its internal and external publics, as well as cultivating relationships with the media and its host community.
“He also has the responsibility of planning, activating, and managing the university’s events such as matriculation/convocation ceremonies, inaugural lectures, inter-faculty lectures, special/occasion lectures and alumni events.
“Okezie is a graduate of Mass Communication with majors in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations from the Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Anambra State, Nigeria.
“Prior to his appointment, he had worked as an online editor for a couple of news outlets; he is a content writer, and freelance editor/proofreader helping many writers/authors, website/bloggers, and publishers, as well as non-governmental and faith-based organisations to publish error-free contents.
“Okezie was once a correspondent/news editor at Grace FM radio and Confluence Television – both in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria.
Rhema University was founded by Brother Emma Okorie of the Living Word Ministries, and the Proprietor, Living Word Academy, a group of primary and secondary schools spread across Nigeria and the West African Sub-region with headquarters in Aba.
“Currently, Rhema University, which opened its doors to the first intakes in the 2010/2011 academic year, runs over 15 courses and programmes in its four colleges – College of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences and College of Management and Applied Sciences. In the current academic year, it opened its School of Postgraduate Studies.”
