Motola Oyebanjo, Strategic Communications ,Public Relations and Stakeholder Management and Partnerships was recently appointed by the United Nations Global Compact to serve as Communications Consultant for the Africa region. An appointment that has been described as round peg in round holes, which did not come as a suprise to many of the industry watchers considering years and experience she has garnered as a publicist.
Speaking about this, Motola said, “The honour for me has not just been because it is a United Nations organisation but more because of the quality of people I have met so far, their passion for the work they are doing, and the positive global impact they are catalysing.”
“With over 22,000 participating organisations in 165 countries, the United Nations Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative led by the remarkable Sanda Ojiambo.”
“As a special initiative of the UN Secretary-General, the UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with Ten Principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.The UNGC’s ambition is to accelerate and scale the global collective impact of business by upholding the Ten Principles and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through accountable companies and ecosystems that enable change.”
“The past few weeks have been an eye opener already, and I want to say thank you to the Africa Head, Hervé Lado, PhD, the Chief Communications Officer, Dan Thomas, Program Leads, EDs and teams of the Local Networks for the warm welcome.
I look forward to amplifying the work of the UNGC, and sharing more in subsequent posts. To discover how your organisation can learn, connect and collaborate on transformative solutions, please visit the website – unglobalcompact.org.”
Tony Nwosu
