ANA Osun Sets July 24 for New Election, Sets Up Electoral Committee

 

ANA OSUN SETS JULY 24 FOR NEW ELECTION, SETS UP ELECTORAL COMMITTEE

 

By Wole Adedoyin (ANA PRO South)

 

The Osun State Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) will hold its state election on Saturday July 24.

The newly appointed Chairman of ANA Osun Electoral Committee, Dr. Olaolu Olugbenga disclosed this to newsmen in Osogbo on Wednesday.

 

Dr. Olaolu Olugbenga said the election has been scheduled to hold on July 24 at T. M. Aluko House, ANA Osun Secretariat, Osogbo, Osun State by 12:00Noon.

 

It would be recalled that ANA under the national leadership of Camillus Ukah on the 22^nd of May appointed 5-Member Caretaker Committee headed by Bunyamin Zakariyah with Adeola Owolabi, Solomon Segun, Grace Godwin and Taliat Kola Oladipo as members.

 

The Caretaker Committee was recently constituted after the tenure of the outgone ANA Osun executive headed by Mr. Muriola Awosemo had expired since Nov. 3, 2019.

 

Following the dissolution of ANA Osun Caretaker Committee headed by Bunyamin Zakariya. ANA Osun Members on the 10^th day of July, 2021 held an emergency meeting and set up an electoral committee that would conduct elections on the 24^th day of July, 2021.

 

The five member committee has Dr. Olaolu Olugbenga as Chairman. Other members of the Committee include: Mrs. Florence Odebunmi (Secretary), Mr. Abdulwahab Gbadamosi (PRO), Mr. Adeyemi Adeleke (Member) and Mr. Success Alade (Member).

 

Responding on behalf of other members, the Chairman of ANA Osun Electoral Committee, Dr. Olaolu Olugbenga, thanked ANA Osun members for finding them worthy to serve in the committee and promised to work hard to justify the confidence reposed in them.

 

He also promised to work hard to give the Association a brand new EXCO within the stipulated time frame even as he assured of a level playing field for all wishing to participate in the elections.

 

He finally assured that all necessary measures will be taken to ensure a transparent electoral process that will meet the expectation of all ANA members in Osun State.