Mande appointed member UI governing council

By Martin Paul Abuja

Th e federal government has appointed the dean, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Postgraduate School, Dr Samaila Mande member, Governing Council, University of Ibadan. Mande is a scholar in Business Administration with specialisation in Marketing Communication and Entrepreneurship. He is also an astute Human Resources Management expert. Until his appointment, Mande is is also an Associate Professor of Marketing in the Faculty of Management Sciences of NOUN. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the School of Media and Communications, PanAtlantic University, Lagos.

Mande is a Fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (FNIPR), a Faculty Member of Nigerian Military School of Public Relations, Bonny Cantonment, Lagos, Fellow, National Institute of Marketing (FNIM) and also a Faculty Member, Nigerian Military School of Medical Sciences, Ojo Cantonment, Lagos. He is currently the National Secretary of the Academy of Management Nigeria and has membership of other professional bodies such as Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON).

Others are Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Academy of Management Nigeria (TAMN), Mande is an accredited Management Consultant of Centre for Management Development (CMD). He is the former Head of Department, Mass Communication, Igbinedion University Okada, where he served as the Sub-Dean, College of Art and Social Sciences and was also a visiting Lecturer at Kogi State University and Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo state. Mande, a professional graduate of Public Relations, holds a PostGraduate Diploma in Business Administration specialising in Marketing and an M.Sc Degree in Mass Communication from Benue State University, Makurdi. He also holds an M. Sc in Marketing and MBA in Marketing, both from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as well as a Ph. D in Business Administration. He enjoys public aff airs discussions and engagements

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