 members of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Oyo State Chapter, have signed a document.){kind=link}
Fifty (50) members of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Oyo State Chapter, have signed a document announcing the dissolution of the executives of the association in the state.
The 50 members made this declaration during an emergency meeting attended by former Chairperson of the union, ex-State and national officers and members of the association in the state which was held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat, Iyaganku, Ibadan on Thursday.
The 50- members in the dissolution letter made available to journalists announced that Jasesola Ajibola-led executive council of NAWOJ in the state has been dissolved with immediate effect.
They said that the executives were dissolved over alleged gross misconduct, insubordination, hiring of fake journalists, as well as unethical and unprofessional conduct.
The 50 members who signed the documents also alleged that the embattled Chairperson hired fake journalists during the recent NAWOJ triennial national delegates conference in Abuja.
The members in the resolutions which has been forwarded to NUJ National Secretariat; NAWOJ National Secretariat; Oyo State NUJ; State Labour Unions; Police Commissioner, Director of DSS and all media houses in the state, said that they have appointed three-member Caretaker Committee headed by Bola Okanlawon (State Ministry of Information Chapel) as Chairperson while Josephine Oluwabunmi of BCOS Chapel and Oluwayemisi Owonikoko of FRCN chapel are to serve as Secretary and member respectively.
The committee was saddled with the responsibility of unifying the association and conduct a free, fair and credible election within the next three months.
Those who signed the documents enjoined the embattled Chairperson and her executives to hand over the property of the association in their possession to the caretaker committee.
The members in the resolutions said, “We, the undersigned members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Oyo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and from across Chapels of our dear Union, today Thursday, December 14, 2023, converged on the Dapo Aderogba Hall of the NUJ Press Centre, Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, and deliberated on wide ranging issues, bordering on our Association and its leadership.
“That we alleged her of gross misconduct, insubordination, hiring of fake journalists, unethical and unprofessional conduct during the last NAWOJ triennial national delegates conference cum election in Abuja, recently.
“That without prejudice to the ongoing investigation and findings of the NUJ Ethics and Disciplinary Committee, the undersigned 50 members of Oyo NAWOJ this day, Thursday, December 14, 2023 suspended and dissolved Jadesola Ajibola-led Executive of NAWOJ in Oyo State.
“That Jadesola Ajibola, and Secretary of NAWOJ in the state, Stella Oyebanji, who alongside other executive members of Oyo NAWOJ, perfected importation of fake journalists as delegates in the recently concluded national election should be dissolved to ensure that sanity prevails in Oyo NAWOJ.
“That a three-man Caretaker Committee is hereby constituted to run the affairs of NAWOJ until another election will be conducted by the NAWOJ National Secretariat. The meeting nominated and unanimously appointed these NAWOJ members; Comrades Bola Okanlawon of the State Ministry of Information Chapel (Chairperson); Damola Orioke of the BCOS Chapel (Secretary) and Oluwayemisi Owonikoko of the FRCN Chapel (Member), respectively.
“That the dissolved Jadesola-led Executive should hand over the property of the Association in their possession to the Oyo NAWOJ Caretaker committee now headed by Comrade Bola Okanlawon. The security agencies and other stakeholders in Oyo state should therefore note this change in our association and they should stop relating with Jadesola Ajibola-led Executive as from today 14th December, 2023”.
ENDS