CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In government parastatal, the present and the future advancement of such an establishment depends mostly on their public relations offices. This statement is a testimony of public relations as a tool in Government parastatals. This public relations constitute a very vital engine to the growth and development of cooperation within the establishment to enhance effective productivity. The word “PUBLIC RELATION” According to Stan L.U. Nwehinne is a firm’s deliberate or planned and sustained effort to establish and maintain mutual understanding between an organization and its public. Public relations activities are aimed out at maintaining and strengthening ties with the public that know and cherish you, wining the minds of those who know you but do not know you with information of your activities, and converting them to be your loyalists.