The newly elected executives of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN Ebonyi State Chapter, has called on all members to join force with them to move the Association forward.promising to run an all-inclusive administration in the state SWAN.
The state Chairman of SWAN, Comrade Andy Nwogha hinted on Friday shortly after his emergence, in an election held at Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium Abakaliki.
Comrade Nwogha noted that election that the election time time was over, and the stage is set for the SWAN to bounce back in the state.
Recall that Ndubuisi Nwogha of Glorious FM was on Friday, declared winner and return elected as the Chairman of the State SWAN by the SWANECO Chairman, Mr Emeka Opara.
Cosmas Egba of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Unity FM Abakaliki, was also elected as the Secretary General of the body.
Other elected officers, according to Opara, included Uthulor Brenda Chidinma of the Spring Newspaper as the Financial Secretary and Chukwuma Nwebonyi Ogbonna emerged as the Treasurer of the association following their overwhelming scores more than their opponents.
The SWAN Electoral Committee Chairman urged the newly elected officers to carry everybody along, noting that the association with the new cream of the leaders would contribute their quota to improve the welfare of the members in Ebonyi.
Our correspondent reports that the election was supervised by the Vice President of the SWAN Southeast zone of the country, Ikemefuna Asika, with other national observers and the Director General of the Ebonyi State Broadcasting Corporation, EBBC, Comrade Tony Nwizi.
They commended the members of the SWAN for being orderly during the exercise and urged the new officers to carry everybody along while assuring their continuous support to ensure their welfare does not suffer setbacks.
The new SWAN officers were sworn in immediately after the election by Barr Bene Edwin Onwe.
The exercise was also graced by the State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Barr Richard Idike, alongside the Director of Youth in the ministry, Mr Lawrence Orji, NUJ Chairman Ebonyi State council, Comrade Samson Nwafor, among others.
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