NON-ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF
EDUCATIONAL AND ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS (NASU)
PRESS RELEASE
The
non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institution (NASU), Kogi
State council on Thursday, 29th October, 2015 at its year 2015
Quadrennial Delegate Conference/Election held at Lokoja elected some officers
in a carnival-like atmosphere that put the whole of NASU State Secretariat and
its environs in total lock-down. The much awaited and publicized election held
at the NASU State Secretariat Conference Hall witnessed a huge turnout of
branch delegates and observer delegates. From 8.00am., branch delegates, observers
and electoral official began to funnel into the Union Secretariat. The election
presiding officer, Comrd. Emmanuel Okonkwor, Deputy General Secretary (
Research Institutes) from the Union’s National Headquarters, Abuja welcomed
guest and delegates to the conference. He thereafter read out the names of
contestants, and election guidelines and delegates.
Earlier,
the State NASU Acting Chairperson, Mrs. Janet Ojo and the Acting State NASU
Secretary, Mr. Henry Jonah in their separate address, gave their welcome
address and State Secretariat report respectively.
Some
members of the Union made efforts to tribalize the electoral process. This
actually arose the consciousness of other members of the Union who felt
challenged and decided to overwhelmingly cast their votes for Sheik Mamman.
This gave a landslide defeat to his opponent, Comrd. Ameh Sunday Emmanuel of
Kogi State Science and Technical Education board (STTEB).
The
election commenced in earnest at about 11.30 a.m. with the accreditation of
delegates, and voting commenced immediately after the accreditation. After the
keenly contested election, the following persons emerged as the officials of
NASU, Kogi State Council:
1. Comrd.
Sheik Adai Mamman, F.C.E., Okene
(College of
Education Trade Group) - State Chairman
2. Comrd.
(Mrs.) Ruth Ocheni, Federal Polytechnic, Idah
(Polytechnics
Trade Group) - Treasurer
3. Comrd.
Sunday Reuben, SUBEB, Lokoja
Schools and
College Trade Group) - NEC
4. Comrd.
Oshodi Abdulhammed Ahmed
(WAEC, Lokoja) - Trustee
The newly
elected Chairman, Comrd. Mamman Adai Sheik in his acceptance speech thanked all
delegates for the trust bestowed on him to lead the Union at this level at this
time. He went further to promised to carry everybody along and to be faithful
in this discharge of his official responsibilities.
Emmanuel
Eneji John
Branch
Secretary, FCE, Okene
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