By Kevin McCauley
WPP’s Glover Park Group has brought in Africa specialist Whitaker Group to assist on Nigeria, a $30K-a-month client that it picked up in July.
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WG is to provide strategic communications counsel and government affairs services. It is to support Nigeria’s Washington embassy with drafting of speeches, articles and statements, as well as outreach to media, U.S. officials and non-governmental organization staffers. As a GPG subcontractor, WG receives a $12,500 per-month fee.
Rosa Whitaker, a former senior trade advisor to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), played a key role in the development of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which was the first comprehensive U.S. trade policy toward Africa.
She served as the first-ever U.S. Trade Representative for Africa during the administration of Bill Clinton and continued in that post under George W. Bush.
Since its founding in 2003, WG has represented Uganda, Malawi, Lesotho, Ivory Coast, Togo and Ghana.
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