Kwara NUJ Correspondents Chapels fill vacant post, administer Oath of office
KEHINDE AKINPELU, ILORIN
The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ,) Kwara State Council, on Friday affirmed the correspondent of the Lagos State-based Gbelegbo newspaper, Ibrahim Alagunmun as its Assistant Secretary.
The newsmen, led by their new chairman, Alhaji Biola Azeez, at a widely attended emergency Congress at its Secretariat in Ilorin, also, deliberated on key administrative matters.
Further the affirmation of Alagunmu as Assistant Secretary at the bye-election, the Congress also saw the formal swearing-in of Comrade Ibrahim Alege of Television Continental (TVC,) who was unavoidably absent during the general chapel election on November 1, 2025; alongside Alagunmun.
The three-man communiqué drafting committee headed by Alhaji Mansur Aramide of the Guardian Newspaper noted that the chairman, Biola Azeez of the Nigerian Tribune administered oath of office on the duo.
The congress in session unanimously reaffirmed confidence and support for the Chapel’s Executive Committee, pledging unallloyed cooperation to enable the Exco carry out its mandate effectively.
Other members of the communiqué drafting team are: Nicholas Uwerunonye of the Daily Independent (Secretary) and Mosunmola Ayobami of the Western Post
