Wednesday, February 3, 2021

ANA Abuja Caretaker Committee hits the ground running; Embarks on Membership Update

 ANA ABUJA CARETAKER COMMITTEE HITS THE GROUND RUNNING; EMBARKS ON MEMBERSHIP UPDATE


 
Arising from the retreat on the Constitution of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), the recently constituted Lois Adams - led Caretaker Committee came to realize that so much have been done to deviate from the tenets enshrined in the Constitution and that adhering to the supreme document would be the only way to achieve the lofty goals and objectives its presents to us.

Following the Constitution one will be forced to continue to pray for the likes of our founding father, Prof. Chinua Achebe, even in death and to endeavour to live his pleasant legacies. Till dateevery part of the Constitution soothes our contemporaryandtechnological driven world.

We as members have all at one point or the other, in our selfish waysgone out of the Constitution, but the main issue here is that, the national body,which gains prominence in the Constitution has realised these challenges that steer at us, and decided that we, as an association, has to tell ourselves the truth and to embrace the document against all odds, to be able to achieve the vision of our great founding father, who has gone to be with his God.

It is pertinent to state here that what has been going on was a direct contrast to what is enshrined in the constitution. It shows most of the players have either never taken time to study the Constitution or have studied but did not care to abide by the rules and regulations. The Caretaker Committee will not tow this path rather, will do all that is necessary and conducive to reverse the gear and steer the wheel of the Association to the expected destination.

As much as the Caretaker Committee will update members who are willing to embrace the Constitution with good intentions,it shall also push long standing and wrongly rregistered members to qualify to be members, this is because going by the Constitution, some registered members were not qualified but that will not be used against any one; by achieving this, we shall encourage them to be authors of small stories, as brief as possible, manuscripts will be worked upon and we shall also go further to encourage them publishtheir stories within one Month, so, this is serious affairs as we shall not respect faces, status, etc to the detriment of the Constitution that gives us the power in the first place to come together. It is the supreme power, so every member should focus on it and not people.

Membership update will commence today, 3rd February, 2021. We implore all to sheath their swords, join hands and be committed to reawakening and bringing back the glory of being a writer.

 

Mr. Uwem Okon Johnson

Publicity Secretary

 

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