PROFILE: Mike Omeri, DG, National Orientation Agency

PROFILE: MIKE OMERI, fnipr.

DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL ORIENTATION AGENCY.

Mr. Michael Omeri Agbo-Omeri was born in 1964, in Mubi, Adamawa State,though a native of Keana in today’s Nasarawa State.

Son of a former police officer, he had his education in various parts of the NorthEast, completing his primary education at St. Patrick’s Primary School, Maiduguri from 1970 to 1977. Between 1977 and 1982, he was at Government Technical College, Gindiri and Government Teacher’s Collegee, Zawan before proceeding to the University of Maiduguri, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Communication with Second Class (Honours) Uppper Division in 1988.

In his quest for further education, he went to Kenya in 1990 and obtained a Certificate in Information, Education and Communication (IEC) from the Centre for African Family Studies. In 1992, he obtained a Master of Arts Degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Faculty of Law, University of Jos, Plateau state.

Omeri has served the nation in several capacities. From being Class Teacher at Keana South Primary School, between 1982 and 1983, to being an Industrial Relations Officer at Jos Steel Rolling Company Limited (1989 – 1990), he also rose through the ranks of the Parenthood Federation of Nigeria to become the State Manager of the organization in Plateau State from 1990 to 1992.

He was Director of Press Affairs of old Plateau State, from 1994 – 1996. He was appointed Commissioner, Ministry of Social Development, Youths and Sports, Nasarawa State from 1996 to 1997 and later Commissioner, Ministry of Information, Youths and Culture, Nasarawa State in November 1997. In February 1998, he was appointed Nasarawa State Commissioner of Works, Housing and Transport. Between 1999 and 2003, he worked for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria as Public Relations Manager; Nasarawa State Controller; and Secretariat Manager at the Head Office in Abuja.

He worked as a Partner Consultant, Poly/Investment with Gulf of Guinea Consulting Ltd, Abuja from 2005 to 2008 before he was appointed Special Adviser to the Senate President on Political and Governmental Matters in 2008, a position he held till 2011. He has also held several other appointive positions in government over the years. It was perhaps in recognition of his meritorious service to the nation and his wealth of experience that President Goodluck Jonathan, on the 16th of January, 2012 appointed him Director-General, National Orientation Agency.

A Fellow, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR); Member, Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA); Member, Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM); and a holder of the traditional chieftaincy titles of Obowu of Keana and Ogben Weda of Ogori Land, Mike Omeri has left nothing to chance in re positioning the National Orientation Agency for the full actualization of the Agency’s mandate. Several programmes and innovations which he has introduced in the Agency so far, including the Do the Right Thing: Transform Nigeria campaign, the Citizens Responsibility Volunteer Scheme (CRVS), the Civic Responsibility Award, the NOA Radio, the Agency’s e-polling and On-line Voice interactive feedback platforms amongst others bear witness to the ingenuity of the man, Mike Omeri.

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