ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Secretariat, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), has approved Comrade Ifeoma Amuta as unopposed and elected Secretary of the Enugu State Council of the Union.
Also, the union approved Comrade Chigozie Alex-Nwafor Harriet as the Assistant Secretary of the state Council.
This was disclosed in a statement made available to newsmen by the Secretary of the NUJ Enugu Council’s Bye Election Credentials Committee, Sabastine Okafor on Tuesday, in Enugu.
According to the statement, the Credentials Committee headed by Comrade Ken Oforma followed the directives of the National Secretariat of the NUJ, which disclosed that Comrade Amuta had no contestant vying for the same position with her.
Following this, Comrade Ifeoma was declared as unopposed and elected Secretary, NUJ, Enugu State chapter.
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“Amuta Ifeoma Mabel was similarly declared elected as there was no other candidate who applied to contest for the same position,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, one of the contestants for the position of Assistant Secretary, Hyginus Odo was disqualified “for failure to satisfy Constitutional Provisions that candidates for elections within the union would have practiced for 7 years and above.”
Comrade Amuta was the immediate past Assistant Secretary of the council and had performed the roles of the Secretary on acting capacity for more than six months following the resignation of the former secretary, Comrade Emma Acha.
Dame Amuta is the Manager News, of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Enugu State, while Comrade Harriet is of the Ministry of Information, Enugu.