ABEOKUTA– The members of the Federated Chapel, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council rose from it’s emergency Congress today with the desolution of the Exco, while setting up a caretaker, electoral committee to steer the affairs of the chapel for the next two weeks going into elections.
The Congress had in attendance the Vice President B Zone, Comrade Cosmos Oni, Zonal Secretary, Bamigbola Gbolagunte and members of Ogun State Caretaker Committee with seventeen members of the chapel.
According to the communique issued at the end of the Congress, the zonal leaders said they were carrying out the directives of the national body in calling for the meeting.
The zonal Vice President, Comrade Cosmos Oni said the meeting was not to screen any member but to inform the chapel that it was the duty of the state council to conduct chapel elections.
The leaders urged all federated chapel members to pay up their check off dues
Members of the federated chapel present expresses dissatisfaction with the Comrade Niyi Adeloye led exco
Members all agreed and voted for the dissolution of the Niyi Adeloye led Exco.
It was also agreed that a three man caretaker committee be set up.
Members Nominated the trio of Mr Dada Olaonipekun, Mr Solomon Fagbohungbe, and Sodiq Ojuroungbe as the caretaker committee.
The house agreed that the caretaker committee should organize a free fair and credible election within two weeks.
The house further agreed to make use of the already existing screened list of the election as in the SEC communique.
The zonal Vice President commended the maturity of the members that attended the meeting and urged those not in attendance to corporate with the caretaker committee to move the chapel forward.
