Dr. Ike Neliaku

Dr. Ike Neliaku is a resourceful professional, public relations practitioner and marketplace entrepreneur, with wealth of experience spanning over 30 years in development and strategic communication, public administration, leadership and governance, business management. 

He is the President and Chairman of Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations. 

He worked in the public service of Nigeria for over 20 years, holding key positions in Federal Ministries and The Presidency at different times. He served as Special Assistant to 5 successive Ministers of Information, Culture and National Orientation, respectively from 1992-1999) and was later deployed to The Presidency in 1999 as pioneer Special Assistant to help set up the then newly created Ministry of Cooperation and Integration in Africa, 1999-2001; and back to Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, 2001-2003; Office of Political Adviser to the President of Nigeria (2003-2006); Senior Special Assistant Administration to President (2010-2015); Pioneer Member, Governing Council, Federal University, Gusau, 2015-2016.

He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR); Fellow, African Public Relations Association (APRA), Fellow; Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators; Fellow, Institute of Management Consultants; Fellow, Institute of Entrepreneurs; Fellow, Association of Nigerian Authors, and Life Member Society for International Development (SID), Italy. 

Dr. Ike has travelled to over 45 countries as a member of various federal government delegations, participated in more than 55 technical missions on sustainable development, information and communication management, mediation and negotiations, diplomatic relations, cultural relations, public sector administration, infrastructure development, leadership and management development, gender empowerment, youth development, etc. 

He served variously as Chairman, Technical Coordinator, Vice Chairman, Secretary, and Member, of over 37 specialized federal government committees

In the private sector, Dr Neliaku is the founding Vice Chairman/CEO, abc Shelters Ltd, a property development company, Executive Vice Chairman, Rightangle PR; Executive Producer, Rightangle Productions; Convener, Issachar Centre for Research and Development; Member, Governing Board and Executive Secretary, Nigerian Prize for Leadership.