A’Ibom 2023: Usen heads Umo Eno Media Team

Multiple award-winning journalist and author, Mr. Anietie Usen, has been appointed as the Head, National Media of the National Executive Committee of Maintain Peace Movement (MPM) and Pastor Umo Eno Campaign Organisation.

A former Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Chris Abasieyo was also appointed as the Campaign spokesperson, while former Chairman of Uruan Local Government Area, Hon. Anthony Akan was appointed as the Deputy Director, Political Support Group.

The appointments were made known in a statement by the Secretary-General of Maintain Peace Movement, Prince Enobong Uwah, on Tuesday.

Uwah, while congratulating the appointees, noted that the appointments were with immediate effect.

MPM is the campaign team of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom to work for the emergence of Pastor Eno as Akwa Ibom Governor and other party’s candidates in the 2023 general elections.

Usen is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Oxford Business School, Manchester Business School, Wisconsin Business School, Lagos Business School, Pennsylvania Business School (Wharton Aresty Institute of Executive Education), and the University of Calabar.

A pioneer reporter at the phenomenal Newswatch Magazine, where he rose rapidly to become the general editor, Anietie was also the Senior Political Analyst/Editorial Board Member of Thisday Newspaper as well as the Regional Editor-in-charge of West Africa for the London-based Pan-African magazine, Africa Today.

He was the General Manager/CEO of Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation and founding Head of Corporate Communications in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

He is a Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Management (FNIM), Fellow, Association of Corporate Governance Professionals of Nigeria (FACGP); Fellow of Thompson Journalism Foundation, United Kingdom (FTJF); Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (MNIPR); Member of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (MNGE); Member of the European Market Research Centre (MEMRC) and currently a Media and Management Consultant.

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