NIPR pledges to stamp out quackery

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By DAPO AKINREFON

LAGOS—PRESIDENT of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, yesterday, promised to stamp out quacks from the profession.

Speaking at the induction of participants of the institute's accelerated certification training programme in Lagos, he called on non-registered practitioners to ensure they were accredited, adding that "quackery was inimical to the profession as it reflects and project us in a bad light."

On the institute's plan to ensure practitioners meet international standard, he said, "we are determined to stamp out in our profession and are about to direct our lawyers to go after quacks in this field. All non-registered practitioners should utilise this window we have provided through the administrator of the Accelerated Certification Training programme immediately, so that they can take advantage of the soft-landing we are willing to give them. But sanity must be restored to our profession and the time to do so is now.

"You and I know that we have a large clan of quacks who parade themselves as public relations practitioners in Nigeria and this has embarrassing implications for our reputation and image as a people."

Vanguard Nigeria