16/03/2016
PROFILE OF PIRIYE KIYARAMO
Piriye Kiyaramo, born on April 12, 1963 at Bamusuo, in Southern Cameroon, hails from Ikebiri community in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State. He is a media/tourism consultant. He holds a diploma in Journalism from the International Institute of Journalism Abuja and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical and Health Education, from the University of Port Harcourt.
Mr. Kiyaramo, currently serves in the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Abuja, as media consultant.
Until his recent position at the Presidency, he has was Senior Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Deputy Rector, International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Yenagoa, Zonal Secretary of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) South-South Zone.
Mr. Kiyaramo, popularly known as Mr. Tourism in Bayelsa State, also served as pioneer executive council member of the West Africa Tourism Union Ghana. He later became secretary of the West Africa Tourism Roadmap Draft Committee, representing Nigeria on the committee. The committee was inaugurated in Leme, Togo in 2006.
Other positions held by Mr. Kiyaramo, include, founding secretary of Bayelsa Tourism Practitioners Association, Honourary Secretary of Yenagoa Boat Club, Chairman, De Spring Travels & Tours Limited, Media Director, Niger Delta Tourism, Peace Initiative, Uyo, Secretary, Association of Nigerian Travel Agents, Bayelsa Chapter, Chairman, Association of Nigerian Journalists and Writers of Tourism (ANJET) and Director of Public Relations, International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, Yenagoa.
He was a consultant with the Bayelsa State Tourism Development Bureau, secretary of the Ox-Lake Management Committee, Director of Media and Communication, Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria (ATPN), President, Bayelsa Village Travel Club, State Secretary of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Chairman, Corporate Relations Committee of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Founder and Director-General of the Bayelsa Business Roundtable and Publicity Secretary of International Institute for Peace (IIPT) Nigeria.
He is happily married to Mercy Piriye Kiyaramo and the family is blessed and fruitful.
