Former
Deputy Editor of Thisday
Newspapers, Kola Ologbondiyan has joined the race for the National Publicity
Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr.
Ologbondiyan, who picked his nomination papers in Abuja yesterday, was also
Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to former Senate President David Mark and
a stakeholder at the state and national levels of the party.
Ologbondiyan
rose through the ranks in his professional and political callings. He was Group
Political Editor of Thisday
Newspapers and as a correspondent, covered several high profile political
beats, including the Presidency, National Assembly, State Government Houses and
political parties.
A
graduate of the University of Lagos and holder of a PGD in Journalism from the
institute of Journalism, Lagos, Ologbondiyan is well-versed in Nigerian
political evolution with strong institution memory of activities of the PDP.
He
enjoys appreciable goodwill and strong contacts in both the media and political
circles. He has been a loyal and active participant in PDP activities and
contested the party’s House of Representatives primaries in 2011.
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