NPF promotes various party officials

Kohima, March 19 (MExN): The President of Naga People’s Front (NPF), Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu today promoted two party officials as a reward for their loyalty.  

The party Press Secretary Sebastian Zumvu was elevated to Media Advisor to the President NPF in the rank of General Secretary, and Associate Press Secretary Atou Liezietsu was promoted to the Press Secretary of the party with immediate effect, informed a press release from NPF Central HQ Press Bureau.  

It further mentioned that Sapralu Nyekha had been appointed as Associate Press Secretary earlier this year, while Phushika Awomi, former Associate Press Secretary was also earlier promoted to General Secretary of the party. Awomi is a former President of the Naga Students’ Federation and Nyekha is a post graduate in English literature and also holds diploma in Mass Communications.  

The NPF press release meanwhile informed that Zumvu was founder-publisher of the now-defunct daily newspaper The Northeast Herald. He served as the Press Secretary to the Chief Minister of Nagaland from 1998 to 2003 and as OSD to the Governor of Goa, Maharashtra & Gujarat from 2004 to 2010. He joined the NPF in 2013 and has since then held various positions in the party. He was also the Press Secretary to Chief Ministers TR Zeliang and Dr Shürhozelie Liezietsu, it added.  

Atou Liezietsu is a former Kohima correspondent for Nagaland Post.