APCON reshuffles, promotes 41 members of staff

Apex regulatory body in the nation’s advertising industry, the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), has announced a re-organisation of its workforce, for better service delivery. The re-organisation, which witnessed  the redeployment of key officials of the Council, also saw 41 of its personnel nationwide elevated alongside the agency’s  boss to their next grade level.

The promotions, according to a statement signed by the agency’s Acting Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Ijedi Iyoha,  was due to subsequent approval by the Honourable Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed.

Mrs. Iyoha explained that the management had deemed it expedient to effect the changes so that offices and responsibilities could be properly realigned for optimal service delivery, as well as help to position the Council for the challenges ahead.

Under the new arrangement, the erstwhile Assistant Director, Registration, Career Matters and Corporate License Directorate, Ms Martha Onyebuchi, now a Deputy Director, has been deployed to the South Eastern Region to pilot the affairs there, while Mr Joe- Eugene Onuorah, rpa, former Assistant Director, Operations takes over from her as Deputy Director, Registration, Career Matters and Corporate License Directorate.

In the same vein, Mr Ralph Anyacho,  former Assistant Director in charge of Corporate Planning, Research and Strategy becomes Deputy Director and Head of the Northern Region, while Mrs Susan Agbo, rpa, now heads Corporate Planning, Research and Strategy Directorate. The promotions, however, targeted more middle and lower management cadre, with  one officer promoted to grade level 12, one to grade level 10, twenty to grade level 9 and four to grade level 7, while eleven promotions were recorded in the junior officer positions.