The Staff Advuser, ESUT Monitor Newspaper, Comrade Amaechi Agbo has been appointed the Acting Chairman, National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT Branch.

Mr Agbo’s appointment came after the NAAT-ESUT 2024 elections failed to hold on Thursday

The election which held at the Senate Chambers of the university, was rescheduled to hold not later than three months after the National President of the union, Comrade Hon Ibeji Nwokoma said that the contestants failed to meet the constitutional requirements for the election to go ahead.

Com Nwokoma pointed out that with only one contestant meeting the 70% attendance required by the Constitution, the election would be deferred to a later date in the year.

“Already, the NEC (National Executive Council) have grantd two waivers to the branch because they are Electoral Guidelines, however, any issue concerning the constitution, cannot be tampered with by anybody. It is very sad that the contestants didn’t meet the constitutional requirement on attendance. The 70% attendance is sacrosanct.

“And with the dissolution of the executive council of the brach already, there will be no vacuum. The persons who got less than 70% attendance can’t contest and one person cannot constitute the Executive Council of the branch.

“In view of the above, we are going to set up a five-man Caretaker Committee to oversee the affairs of the branch for he next three months. Members of the Electoral Committee ELECO are also members of of the Caretaker Committee, we will appoint two more members to join them.

“While waiting for the constitution of the Caretaker Committee, the ELECO Chairman will, in the meantime, be the Acting Chairman of the Branch until a letter from NEC on the composition of the Caretaker Committee and appointment of Chairman and Secretary is made,” he said

The President further directed that the branch election must hold not later than December 12, 2024.

Earlier, the ELECO Chairman, Comrade Amaechi Agbo had told the congress that only nine contestants were screed by the ELECO of which one person fulfilled he 70% requirement on attendance.

Speaking after his appointment, Comrade Agbo thanked the National President for upholding the constitution and commended members for their turn up in the election, he urged them to remain steadfast in the quest to reposition the union and announced that a congress will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024

Over 70 members of NAAT-ESUT members were screed for the election

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The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT Branch has appointed ESUT Monitor Newspaper Staff Adviser, Mr Amaechi Agbo Chairman of the Association’s Electoral Committee, ELECO.

The three-man NAAT-ESUT Electoral Committee was inaugurated during an emergency congress held on Thursday, September 5, 2024 at ESUT main Campus, Agbani.

The three members of the committee are, Comrade Amaechi Agbo, Mass Communication Department, Chairman; Comrade Chioma Okwueze, Secretary and Dr Promise Onyebuenyi of Department of Educational Foundations, member.

Inaugurating the committee, the outgone chairman of the NAAT-ESUT branch, Comrade Anthonia Onyia charged the members to be transparent and uphold the electoral guidelines. She noted that the three members were selected based on competence to pilot the electoral process

In his acceptance speech on behalf of the committee, Com. Agbo thanked the congress for the confidence reposed in them and pledged that the election will be free, fair, transparent and in accordance with the electoral laws of the association.

He also made a passionate appeal for all members to support the committee to achieve its noble responsibility.

“Today, we have been bestowed with a sacred responsibility to design the future of our great association. This is a task we are ready to accomplish by ensuring that losers lose farily and winners win transparently.

“However, the duty of conducting this election is not solely that of the ELECO. It is the responsibility of every member of our noble association to put hands on the desk to chart a new path for NAAT-ESUT. We have a serious challenge of conducting our branch election within six days, but with your unalloyed support, we will succeed,” he said.

The 2024 NAAT-ESUT Election is slated to hold on Thursday, September 12. The date was announced by the National Executive Council, NEC via a letter to the branch dated September 3, 2024.

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