Correspondents’ Chapel of the Kwara State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has elected new Executive, having Sikirat Shehu of BusinessDay Newspapers as the Financial Secretary.
The position was won by Sikirat with 26 votes against her opponent, Lukman Oyedeji of Channels, who scored 12 votes.
Abdulhakeem Garba of Channels TV, re-elected as the chapel chairman for a second term of three years.
At a keenly contested election, supervised by the state working committee of the NUJ, Garba polled 29 votes to defeat his opponent, Femi Akobi of AIT, who scored nine votes.
Other elected officials of the chapel are Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus of NAN who scored 23 votes to defeat her opponent, Kehinde Akinpelu of Daily Times, who scored 15 votes for the position of Treasurer.
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The positions of the Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Auditor were won unopposed by Biola Azeez of the Nigerian Tribune, Kayode Abdulazeez of the Nigerian Pilot, Taiye Joseph of the Graphics and Mosunmola Ayobami of the Western Post, respectively.
Kehinde Omolosho, the retuning officer explained that, 39 members were accreditted for the ection of which 38 members turn out to vote.
In his acceptance speech, Abdulhakeem Garba, the new chairman said, “I thank all members of this great union. Now, it is time for us to come together again so that the little achievement we were able to attain in the last three years will be doubled this time around.”
Garba vows to work with the entire members with total transparency, even as he urged members to demand for accountability.
Speaking after the election, Abdullateef Ahmed, the chairman of the state council of the NUJ, described Correspondents’ Chapel election as seamless and emulative.
He pointed out that that the council was constitutionally guided while supervising over the process of the election, adding that membership requirements of the council, as stated by the constitution, should be respected by members.
The NUJ chairman, who expressed satisfaction on peaceful conduct of members during the election, said that the election was eventually held, despite crisis that characterized its processes.
Ahmed, however, advised that disagreement among members, especially during elections, should not be allowed to disintegrate the union, adding that elders of the union should be respected at all times.
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