Abdulhakeem Garba Emerges Kwara Correspondents’ Chapel Chairman

Correspondents’ Chapel of the Kwara state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has re-elected Channels TV reporter, Mallam Abdulhakeem Garba, as its chairman for a second term of three years.

At a keenly contested election, supervised by the state working committee of the NUJ, Mallam Garba polled 29 votes to defeat his opponent, Femi Akobi of AIT, who scored just 9 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.

The Financial Secretary position was won by Sikirat Shehu of Business News with 26 votes against her opponent, Lukman Oyedeji of Channels, who scored 12 votes.

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.

Speaking after the election, the chairman of the Kwara state council of the NUJ, Mallam Abdullateef Ahmed, described Correspondents’ Chapel election as seamless and emulative.

The council chairman also said 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 happiness on peaceful conduct of members during the election, said that the election was eventually held, despite crisis that characterized its processes.

It is recalled that few members of the chapel had petitioned the state council of the union, accusing the credential committee set up by the chapel of bias.

The development which made the state council to set up another credential committee that eventually midwifed Wednesday chapel election.

The NUJ chairman said 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.

In his remark the newly elected chairman
Mallam Abdulhakeem Garba, who commended commended members of the credentials committee, executives officers of Nigeria Union of Journalists Kwara State Council for successful election stressed the need for unity among members of the Correspondent Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists Kwara State Council

“Let us leave whatever politics we have played behind and come together so that the little achievements we have been able to achieve in the last three years would be double”

“As I normally say I know that I have offended many people for you to have that heart of forgiveness and believe that I should come back I thank you once again. My door is always open there is nothing for us to hide you have every right to ask us question

I don’t have grudges against anybody who might have voted against me my door is open I’m free to work with you. I believe you might have better ideas than whatever I said during the campaign let come around not for my sake but for the benefit of the chapel. Three days ago was my wife birthday this is a birthday gift for my wife” He said

The Secretary of the credentials screening Committee Mallam Ali Muhammad Rabiu who also commended the peaceful election urged members to sustain the tempo

“We want you to continue with this spirit by ensuring peace and harmony within the chapel even beyond election” he said.

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