Dialogues: USA Africa Dialogue Series - REUBEN ABATI TO INTERVIEW CHIEF DELE MOMODU

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

USA Africa Dialogue Series - REUBEN ABATI TO INTERVIEW CHIEF DELE MOMODU

REUBEN ABATI TO INTERVIEW CHIEF DELE MOMODU

Dr. Reuben Abati is a Nigerian journalist, politician, Television Anchor and Newspaper Columnist. He was the People's Democratic Party (PDP)'s Deputy Governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2019 Gubernatorial election. Abati was a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria between 2011 and 2015. He was previously a newspaper columnist and the chairman of the editorial board of the leading Nigerian newspaper, The Guardian, from 2001 to 2011. He is a graduate of Theater Arts from the University of Calabar. Equally important, Reuben Abati is a Senior Research Associate with the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Cultural Studies and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

Abati originally started his career as a university teacher, teaching courses in Dramaturgy, Theory and Criticism, Special Author Studies, and the Sociology of Literature at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, before embarking on other fields of interest. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, and the Nigerian Guild of Editors. He is also a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, a Fellow of the 21st Century Trust, a Fellow of The Nigeria Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.

In 2011, he was appointed Special Adviser, Media and Publicity and as Official Spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria. In that capacity, he was responsible for managing the President's media office, media relations and leading the Presidency's public communications team.

After his stint in government, Abati returned to journalism, writing his regular two columns in The Guardian newspaper (Fridays and Sundays). He subsequently moved to ThisDay newspaper where he now writes a Tuesday column titled: Tuesday With Reuben Abati. He is actively engaged as a consultant on media and public policy issues.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Abati

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Sunday, October 10, 2021

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