BREAKING: Osun NUJ Gets New members Of Executive As Kehinde Ayantunji Emerges Chairman

 

Members of the Osun Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) have elected new executives to run the affairs of the union for the next three years.

AMILOADED correspondent who witnessed the election can report that it was peaceful and that Kehinde Ayantunji of Osun Defender newspaper polled 186 votes to emerge chairman, defeating his only rival , Mr Dele Ajayi of Uniq FM,who polled 62.

Mr Wasiu Ajadosu of Radio Nigeria polled 136 votes to emerge Vice Chairman while his rival from State Information , Oluwatoyin Adeoye had 110 Voted

Mr Bukola Elufaddejin of Local Government beat other two contenders , Mr Lateef Agboola and Aboderin Adeyemi of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation (OSBC)

Elufaddejin polled 130, his closet river , Aboderin polled 80 while Lateef had 36.

The swearing in of the new elected officers was immediately conducted by Barrister Oyesiku Adelu in the presence of National Vice Chairman B zone, Cosmos Oni among others.

Reacting to his victory, Ayantunji promised to raise tempo of Honour and uphold sanctity, just as he vowed to uphold the constitution of the union during his tenure as well as treat all members with fairness and equity.

Ayantunji, who had the union for over about eight months reiterated his commitment towards raising the bar of honour of the union in the state as well as conscious protection of its sanctity.

He further assured members of the union that his leadership would strive assiduously to strengthen career progression and institutionalise professionalism, if given opportunity to further serve the union.

The Osun NUJ Chairman maintained that his administration in the last one year had engendered industrial cohesion without compromising the integrity of the union, as he promised to enhance capacity building for the purpose of sustaining professional competence of members in the face of technology -driven media.

Other officers who were returned unopposed were Lawal Ademola as Treasurer and Alhaji Abdulrasak Alege Internal Auditor

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