Oyo NUT elects new officers, Ogbomoso teacher emerges PRO, delegates involved in ghastly accident (PHOTOS)

Image caption: The new chairman Comrade Hassan Ajibola Fatai (middle)

Oyo NUT elects new officers, Ogbomoso teacher emerges PRO, delegates involved in ghastly accident (PHOTOS)

Niyi AJALA

The Nigeria Union of Teachers Oyo state wing has elected new officers to pilot the affairs of the union for the next four years. The newly elected exco members were immediately sworn-in after results were declared Wednesday evening.

The election which was part of the 8th quadrennial delegates conference was held at the Command Day Secondary School Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Odogbo Barracks, Ojoo, Ibadan.

The new state chairman is Hassan Ajibola Fatai, of the Achievers Group (AG), he defeated Comrade Olanrewaju Olawale of the Reformed Achievers Group (RAG).

The new state deputy chairman is Adeleke Kazeem Adesina also of the Achievers Group. However, The Reformed Achievers Group won vice chairman 1, 2, 3 viz: Comrades Alonge Rachael Oluyemisi, Morakinyo Oyebola and Badmus Abiona Sekinat. Bello Afusade Folasade of the AG emerged the vice chairman 4.

Other positions won by the ROG are treasurer (Titilola Ibukunola), internal auditor 1 (Dada Kabirat Abolore), publicity secretary (Ajala Niyi), social secretary (Alao Femi) and state auditor (James Ruth Abidemi). The AG won internal auditor 2 through Yusuf Akinjide Isaac just as it won the national Representative via Mobolaji Oluseunn Ademola.

Comrade Niyi Ajala, a teacher at Millennium Model Secondary School 2, Owode, Ogbomoso, who emerged as the state’s publicity secretary triumphed over Ilufoye Benjamin Alabi by just 3 votes, underscoring the competitiveness of the election. Ajala told ogbomosoinsightonline.com that he was committed to discharging his duty while assuring NUT will continue to serve the interest of teachers.

Meanwhile, some of the delegates from Ogbomoso were involved in a ghastly accident Wednesday night while returning from the event, leaving a number of them seriously injured. However there was no casualty.

According to information, the accident occurred at Oyo following a near head-on collision with an articulated vehicle. As the driver of the vehicle they were in tried to avert the collision the vehicle somersaulted, causing the passengers to sustain various degrees of injuries in the head, arm and leg.

“We thank God the vehicle did not burst into flames because immediately, the doors were jammed forcing us to escape through a broken glass window,” a victim (names withheld) reportedly said. “I was sitting by a window at the back, in fact, if l had hung my hand outside the window when the accident occurred it could have been forcefully amputated. We thank God.”

Some former local governments’ NUT chairmen in Ogbomoso zone and officers at the state and federal levels were also involved in the crash.

They were quickly rushed to the Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH) Ogbomoso for medical attention, by some other delegates who met them at the scene of the accident.