History was made on Wednesday when the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) elected new executives to run the affairs of the union for the next three years.
It is now official that Ademola Babalola of Fresh FM Radio polled 179 votes to emerge, chairman, defeating his only rival, Adewumi Faniran of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), who polled six votes.
Sola Oladapo of the Federal Information Chapel polled 175 votes to emerge, Secretary, while his rival, Bola Ogunlayi of Time Nigeria Magazine had 10 votes.
Akeem Abass of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) won the treasurer position after polling 167 votes to defeat Mrs. Busola Adetunji of the State Ministry of Information who polled 18 votes.
As expected, there was wild jubilation after the conclusion of the election and announcement of results of the three positions contested for.
After the announcement, Barrister Adebayo Salawu, an Ibadan-based legal practitioner was called in to swear-in the new officers.
This was witnessed by the Assistant National Secretary of NUJ, Mr. Gbemiga Bamidele.
As at the time of filing this report, the NUJ Press Center located within the esoteric Iyaganku Government GRA in the capital city of Oyo State was still wearing festive mood as Journalists from all chapels have been celebrating the victory of Ademola Babalola and others.
The employers of Babalola, Fresh FM Radio have also expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the poll.
PMParrot sighted the spokesman of the radio station, David Ajiboye within the premises of the Press Center being congratulated by colleagues.
Meanwhile, in his acceptance speech, Ademola Babalola called on all Journalists in the state to forge a common front for the progress of the profession.
His words “elections have come and gone. There are still many huddles for us to cross. We are not going to witch-hunt anybody. What we are after is that our profession must be re-positioned so that we will earn more respect. I implore all to feel free to join us and cooperate with us so that we can achieve our set goals in time.”
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