By Clifford Ndujihe

lagos—TO ensure proper management of campaigns for the 2019 general elections, a Lagos-based international graduate school, the Centre for International Advanced and Professional Studies, CIAPS, has launched a training programme for graduates hoping to become professional political campaign operatives. A three month course on the theme will start today.

CIAPS Director, Professor Anthony Kila, said the programme is aimed at helping create the first set of professionally trained and certified political operatives in Africa.

“Students in the new training course will study the principles of applying strategic elements, legal and management concepts in the creation, coordination, implementation and observation of political struggles. Graduates of the programme will come out with a good understanding of managing different kinds of political electioneering from primaries, to general elections, by-elections, recalls and issue based advocacy,’’ he said.