President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, will grace the public presentation of the book, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas and a former Minister of Information and Communication, Frank Nweke Jr., are also among other dignitaries expected at the event.
Other dignitaries expected at the public presentation are the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd); Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman;
Founder of Agora Policy Think Tank and former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Waziri Adio; and the Executive Director, Centre for Democracy and Development, Idayat Hassan;
Chief Executive Officer, Premium Times Group, Dapo Olorunyomi; the Deputy Dean, School of Postgraduate School, Baze University, Professor Abiodun Adeniyi; and the Executive Director, CARE International, Dr Hussaini Abdu.
The public presentation of the book, written by Dr Omoniyi Ibietan, the Head of Media Relations at the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), will hold on 25 July.
The event is scheduled for the main auditorium of the Communications and Digital Economy Complex, Mbora District, Abuja,
These were revealed in a release, today, by the publishers of the book, Premium Times Books, the publishing arm of the Premium Times Group.
While Senator Akpabio will be the Special Guest of Honour, Honourable Abbas will be attending the public presentation as the Guest of Honour.
Nweke, the Enugu State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2023 elections, will chair the event.
Ibietan, the book’s author, was Nweke’s special assistant on media during his term as a minister.
The book, “Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria”, has been described as a classic offering with significant implications for political communication scholarship and practice.
“It is adjudged to have an interesting universe that uses the Nigerian election to determine how social media communication influences a cocktail of:
“Five electoral totems: voting behaviour; the social and demographic correlation; comparative social media network with respect to the effectiveness of influences;
“Motivation of social media influencers; and stimulus-response likely to enhance the quality of electoral democracy,” it was stated in the release.
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta, will present the book to the public.
Azubuike Ishiekwene, renowned journalist, writer and editor-in-chief of Leadership Newspaper, will review the 460-page book, spread over 12 chapters, during the public presentation.
The public presentation will also feature a panel discussion to dissect the interface of politics and social technology.
The panel will talk on how these shaped the last two general elections in Nigeria, and the possible implications of cyber politics in future elections.
Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria has been available in hardback and softback versions in bookstores across the country since 12 June, 2023.
The electronic copies of the book can also be purchased on online platforms, including Amazon, Premium Times Book stated.
