The Zonal Coordinator, Nzukka Zone of National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, Comrade Mbaoji Emmanuel has charged the newly elected Executive Council of ESUT Branch to pursue unity and restructure the union.

Comrade Mbaoji who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with ESUT Monitor, said with the election and politicking over, it is time for the new leaders to seek for ways of uniting the members and consolidating on the gains of the election.

The Zonal Coordinator who was present during the election held at the ESUT Senate Chambers on November 13, reckoned that NAAT-ESUT has all it takes to be a formidable union not just in the zone but in the notion if her potentials are harnessed.

“First of all, I want to congratulate the new leadership of NAAT-ESUT. This election marks a new beginning for the union in ESUT. Several times the election was organised but could not hold but this time around, the jinx has been broken.

“I urge the new leaders to first and foremost pursue peace because our strength is in unity. When peace is achieved, then restructuring begins. ESUT branch has potentials and I want the new leaders to harness these potentials and make the union formidable not just in our zone but in the nation,” he said.

Com. Maboji commended the Electoral Committee, ELECO Chairman for a great job well done and hailed him and his team for succeeding where others failed.

“I want to commend the ELECO Chairman, Comrade Amaechi Agbo and his team for breaking the jinx concerning election in ESUT. He is a great leader and have shown that ESUT has members who would make her great. I saw wat happened during the election and the way it was handled showed that the ELECO was well prepared,” he concluded.

Comrade Mbaoji, who is the Chairman of NAAT-UNN lauded the Vice-President 1, Ven. Patrick Idisi for his role in conducting the election and urged all members of NAAT-ESUT to rally round the executive to move the union forward.

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By Onyekachi Agu

Agbani – The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, on Wednesday November 13, successfully conducted its election with former Acting Chairman, Comrade Anthonia Onyia returned as new Chairman.

The Election held at the University:s Senate Chambers, began around 11am with the National Delegate of the Union and Vice President 1, Ven Patrick Idisi, coordinating the process.

Before the commencement of voting, members were giving time to express their views about the election and afterwards, the election commenced with accreditation and voting, simultaneously.

At the end of the voting process, Com Onyia emerged winner scoring 40 out of 64 accredited votes. Com Onyia who emerged as a sole candidate, was declared elected by the Electoral Committee, ELECO, Chairman, Comrade Amaechi Agbo.

In other results, Com Jude Eze polled 55 votes to be elected as Secretary while Com Onuigbo Ijeoma had 60 votes to be returned as Assistant Secretary.

The position of Financial Secretary went to Com Eze Kingsley who go a total of 37 votes to beat his rival, Com Ezi Onyekachi who got 27 votes.

The contest for the position of Treasurer was between Comrades Nwosu Stanley and Ugwuodo Maria. Nwosu emerged victorious with 33 votes to better Ugwuodo’s 29 votes.

In her acceptance speech, the new Chairman, Comrade Onyia thanked her members for the mandate given to her to restructure the union and promised not to disappoint them.

Speaking after the new executive was sworn-in, the National Delegate, Ven Patrick Idisi commended the branch for their maturity displayed during the election. He charged the new executive council to unite the branch to become a formidable union not just in the university but in the country.

On his part, the Chairman, NAAT-ESUT 2024 Electoral Committee, Comrade Amaechi Agbo, congratulated the new executive council for their victory but stated that the triumph is for NAAT-ESUT.

Comrade Agbo who appreciated the members for their support before and during the election noted that the committee faced challenges, but expressed glory to God for seeing them through.

“On behalf of my committee, I want to thank our members for their support and believing in us. Today, the jinx about NAAT-ESUT Election has been shattered, it is a new dawn.

This victory is for NAAT-ESUT. I also want to state that overseeing the processes leading to this election was challenging. I personally received threats from unknown people, but we remained dogged. Today, we have made history, and NAAT-ESUT will grow,” he said.

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Agbani – Members of the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, ESUT Branch will on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 conduct a peaceful protest against members’ unpaid entitlements.

The peaceful protest, which would hold within the university pricint is aimed at drawing the federal government’s attention to the plights of the Academic Technologists

In a letter addressed to the university management, signed by the Acting Chairman Comrade Cecilia Umeh and the Acting Secretary, Comrade Ogochukwu Ugwu, noted that the peaceful protest was in line with their National Executive Council directive.

The union while assuring the university management of utmost decorum during the protest, also requested for them to carry out their fundamental right without hinderance

“This is to inform the University that the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) will be carrying out a peaceful protest on the 6th of November, 2024 within the school premises.

‘This action is to adhere to directives from the National Executives concerning an impending strike due to unpaid salaries and other unfulfilled conditions by the Federal Government.

“We want to assure you that NAAT-ESUT, has no intention of disrupting the activities of the University. However, the evidence of our protest will be captured and submitted to the national executives as expected from other institutions in Nigeria. By this, all branches will be in alignment.

“Due to the timeframe, we plead that you grant us this opportunity to undergo this exercise with other comrades,” letter read.

It could be recalled that NAAT in September issued the federal government a 21-day ultimatum to begin payment of the outstanding arears of the members.

Following the expiration of the ultimatum in October, the union, in furtherance to her believe in peaceful resolution of issues, gave the government additional 14-day deadline to payup the entitlement or face industrial action.

The latest ultimatum will elapse on November 14, 2024.

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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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Members of the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT ESUT Chapter, have expressed appreciation to the management of the University for granting approval for its members to be promoted to Grade Level 14 in their careers.  

NAAT Chairman, Comrade Anthonia Onyia who disclosed this to ESUT, said the management’s gesture is a welcome development.

Although she regretted that the promotion would only take effect from 2025, the chairman appreciated the approval adding that the association is still in talks with the management to ensure that technologists in the university are allowed to reach grade level 15 as it’s obtained in other universities.

“I’m so happy that the day I approached our registrar, he told me that level 14 had been approved for technologists in ESUT.

“But then, it is not going to be effected or implemented in this ongoing appraisal exercise. He said it would come up from next year, that is 2025. But I’m still happy because it has been long that we are on that struggle.  But today, level 14 has been approved for NAAT,” she said.   

Describing technologists as the engineroom of every tertiary institution, Comrade Onyia stressed that the approval of the promotion to Grade Level 14 will spur her members to do more in ESUT.

“Technologists are the engineroom of not just the university but every tertiary institution in the world. They are at the core of academic excellence because they are in charge of all the piraticals in the university.

“The approval will of course motivate my members to work harder because it has been long we have been on that and there are many schools that are already on that level, schools that ESUT started before them. So now that we are among those schools that are enjoying it, my branch will be happy and we are grateful to the management.”

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By Timothy Nwobodo

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists, (NAAT) ESUT branches have commended the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie on his evidential two years administration and promised to sustain their respective support.

The two unions through their various leaders made the commendations in separate interviews with ESUT Monitor.

 ASUU Chairman in ESUT, Professor Chinedu Aguba described Prof Okolie as a “God sent” to ESUT disclosing that his two years in office have helped to consolidate unionism in the institution.

He noted that as the former chairman of the union in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof Okolie has brought his wealth of experience to bear in ensuring a smooth and healthy relationship between the management and the ASUU through timely release of their checkoff dues, regular payment of staff salary, and promotion of deserving staff as well as inclusive administration.

“I am surprised that the Vice-Chancellor has clocked two years in office, I feel like he just started yesterday. The fact is that I regard him as God sent in ESUT because the past two years have been pragmatically evidential in ESUT. The Vice-Chancellor has left no one in doubt about his vision for ESUT.

“As a former chairman of our union in UNN where he came from, he understands the structure of ASUU and has been able to create a smooth and healthy relation between the management and the union. For the past two years, our checkoff dues are released timely, our members’ salaries are paid and those who are due for promotion have been elevated, we have not been owed a dime. These are evidential and the cardinal principles that sustain effective unionism in ESUT unlike what we used to have before. He is a visionary leader and ASUU will always be by his side to sustain the momentum” he said.

On her part, the Chairperson, NAAT, ESUT Branch, Comrade Onyia Anthonia Nkeiruka, lauded the ESUT Management under Professor Okolie in the past two years in sustaining the dreams of the founding fathers dreams as well as bringing innovations to the school.

Comrade Onyia noted that in the past two years, unlike what were obtainable prior, her members have not been owed their monthly remuneration adding that their checkoff dues has also be regularly released to enable them sustain their association.  

“The entire members of the National Association of Academic Technologist (NAAT), ESUT Branch felicitate with you, our amiable Vice-Chancellor, on your two years in office. You have made a landmark within these few years which include: payment of bulk of arrears of checkoff dues, promotion of our members and salaries owned to the unions and workers of ESUT.

“ESUT workers now come to work as at when due, and so many other innovative achievements. No wonder you are called “Talk and Do” Vice-Chancellor. Our Great leader, NAAT will always be supportive of your administration to take our university to greater heights,” she said.

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The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT is currently holding its 54^th National Executive Council, NEC Congress in ESUT, Enugu state.

The two-day Congress which commenced today will end tomorrow at the ESUT College of Medicine, Enugu.

The National President, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma will lead his Executive Council members during the meeting.

Delegates attending the congress include two members from all universities and polytechnics in Nigeria. No fewer than 200 NAAT members are expected to converge in Enugu to chart a new course for the development and welfare of the association.  

Host of the Congress is Chairman, NAAT ESUT, Comrade Onyia Anthonia

The congress will commence by10an each day.

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