Nigeria, March 14 -- When many of us were still navigating the halls of academia in the late 1980s, trying to grasp the essence of Public Relations and carve out our place in the profession, Wole Adamolekun had already emerged as a beacon of excellence in the profession. By 1989, he had gotten honoured with the Fellowship of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), a testament to his early mastery of the field, having been a member since 1982.

It was in 1992 that the late Sabo Mohammed, then chairman of the Kano Chapter of NIPR, introduced us, a group of Mass Communication undergraduates, to Adamolekun - a man whose intellectual depth and professional acumen would profoundly shape our understanding of and passion for public rel...