Ahead of the union’s election scheduled for later this year, the Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has adopted and inaugurated a five-man credentials/screening committee saddled with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free election.
The committee members who were unanimously nominated by the congress were subsequently adopted by all members’ present and names forwarded to the national secretariat for ratification at the end of the monthly Congress of the Council, held at the Press Centre, Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan.
After the members were nominated, Mr. Olamide Adeniji of the Information Chapel, moved the motion for their adoption, while Mr. Dapo Ibikunle of Inspiration FM Chapel, seconded the motion.
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The committee will be chaired by Comrade Dupe Fehintola of the BCOS Chapel, Comrade Nurudeen Alimi of the Tribune Chapel will serve as Secretary, while Comrade Remi Afonja of the NTA Chapel, Comrade Temilola Akarah of the Information Chapel and Comrade Khalid Imran, of the Oke-Ogun Information Chapel will serve as members.
A trustee of the national body of the union, Comrade Bayo Akamo, while performing the official inauguration of the members of the committee, called on them to discharge their duties without bias, adding that their appointment was a true test of their integrity which must not for whatever reason be dented.
The Chairman, Oyo NUJ, Comrade Ademola Babalola, in his remarks, urged them to be diligent while carrying out the task before them, stating that all eyes were on them to put together a credible, free and fair election.
The chairman of the committee, Comrade Fehintola, while responding on behalf of other members, pledged total commitment to effective delivery of the task before them, stating that the confidence reposed in the committee would not be taken for granted, while also assuring members of the union of fair and equal treatment of all aspirants.
