Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Enugu state Council, Comrade Sam Udekwe has charged the newly inaugurated Electoral Committee of the State council to conduct free, fair and credible elections , come February,,2025.
He gave the charge ,Tuesday, while performing the inauguration of a 3-man committee, nominated at the state hasCongress held Tuesday, at the Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi NUJ ,Press Center , Enugu,.
The chairman said, “what we’ve done today is the beginning of the electoral process and we are happy men of integrity as nominated by the Congress emerged as the electoral umpire.
Pix:NUJ Chairman,Comrade Udekwe(2nd R) in a handshake with the electoral Committee Chairman, Comrade Anthonia Okafor (1st L) and Comrade Chris Edeh( (1st R).
“I urge you to live up to the mandate surrendered to you by the members to conduct a free, fair and credible elections come February ,2025 and the process begins now.
He went further to say, “its not an opportunity for manipulation or segregation among us but rather to provide a level playing ground to forge ahead as a Council as we have maintained since 2022.
“I thank you for accepting to serve us in this capacity.I encourage our members to avail themselves for the task of serving the Council by participating in the exercise responsibly,” he said.
In their acceptance speech , Chairman of the Electoral committee, Comrade Sebestine Okafor, who spoke on behalf of other members ,promised to conduct credible elections. that will continue the already reigning peace in the council.
Members of the committee are Comrade Sabestine Okafor( Chairman) Comrade Christian Edeh and Comrade Anthonia Okafor. They have a task of conducting elections in February 2025.
Author: Maureen Ikpeama