An emergency NEC meeting of Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ was convened online yesterday, Sunday, October 3, 2021, to douse tension ocassioned by a purported court action and to further chart a way forward in matters relating to the 7th Triennial Delegates Conference in Umuahia.
According to a statement signed by Shuaibu Usman Leman, Walin Shadalafiya, the NUJ National Secretary, the
meeting was attended by 72 members.
After a brief presentation by the National President, Chris Isiguzo, and the
Chairman, Electoral Committee, Garba Muhammad, a motion was moved by Salihu Alkali, Chairman Nasarawa State Council for the 7th Triennial Delegates Conference to hold as scheduled.
The motion was seconded by Momoh Adeiza, Chairman Kogi State Council, that election should go on as scheduled since there was no served Court order stopping it, and that should any court process that would necessitate postponement of the election be served, the tenure of the CWC be extended to such a time when elections would be rescheduled.
There was no counter to this, according to reports by Newsdiary and Foreefront magazine online.
NEC resolved to proceed with the election from the 6th-7th October, 2021 in Umuahia, Abia State, and that the present CWC was mandated to continue in office if there was any court order that might necessitate a postponement pending when the election would be rescheduled.
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