A former Secretary General of the African Public Relations Association (APRA), Kabir Dangogo, is dead.
He died on Friday at the age of 76.
The deceased was a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR).
He practiced journalism at the New Nigerian newspaper, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), and as Public Relations officer at the Bank of the North Limited and Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
Mr Dangogo was also the founding president of the Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB).
He was the Secretary General of the Federation of African Public Relations Associations (FAPRA) from 2002 to 2006.
He obtained different academic degrees from both Ohio University, Athens, United States in 1981, and University of Leicester, United Kingdom (UK) in 1987.
He was the Managing Editor of New Nigerian Newspaper between 1988 and 1989. He was once a Senior Lecturer at Kaduna Polytechnic (KADPOLY) in the late 80s; and then became the Press Adviser, for the United States Information Service in 1990.
After 32 years of working for various corporate organizations, Dangogo voluntarily retired at Union Bank on June 26, 2005, as the Assistant General Manager (AGM) Corporate Affairs.
