Austin Tam-George

Austin Tam-George is the Rivers State Commissioner of Information and Communications. He is also the Executive Director of the Institute of Communication and Corporate Studies.[1]

Education

Tam-George received his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and attended the IESE Business School in Barcelona, where he studied communication and institutional leadership.[1]

Career

As an academic, he taught at Pan-African University in Nigeria and at University of Cape Town where he was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow.[1]

In 2008, he worked as research consultant to the New Partnership for Africa’s Development in its good governance monitoring projects across Africa.[2]

Commissioner of Information and Communications

On 9 December 2015, the House of Assembly voted unanimously to confirm Tam-George as Governor Wike's choice to succeed Ibim Semenitari as the Commissioner of Information and Communications.[3] On 18 December 2015, he was officially sworn into office.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bondage of Boundaries and Identity Politics in Postcolonial Africa. Africa Institute of South Africa. 2013. p. xi. ISBN 0798303913.
  2. ↑ "Dr Austin Tam-George". iccs-edu.org. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "RVHA Okays N104.2bn Supplementary Budget …Confirms Additional Commissioner- Nominees, Special Advisers". The Tide. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rivers State Commissioners Get Portfolios". The Tide. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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