The Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ebonyi State chapter has elected Comrade Uchenna Inya as its new Chairman.
Inya, the State Correspondent of The Sun, polled 27 votes to defeat his opponent, Moses Nwite of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), who scored five votes.
The chapel also elected Christian Ogbonna of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), as its secretary.
The election was conducted in the chapel’s office at Spera-in-Deo Plaza, Abakaliki, by a three-man credential screening committee headed by Comrade Amechi Odo of Radio Nigeria, Abakaliki.
Thirty two of the 34 members of the chapel, participated in the exercise which was monitored by the state council of NUJ.
Odo commended members of the chapel for conducting themselves orderly during the election.
He called for continued unity in the chapel and applauded the chapel members participating actively in election.
The State Chairman of NUJ, Comrade Samson Nwafor, hailed the peaceful conduct of the election and called on winners especially the new chapel Chairman to see their victory as call for more service.
He advised Inya to adjust in areas he did not do well as Acting Chairman to move the chapel forward.
A former Chairman of the chapel, Nwafor urged Nwite to support Inya to succeed and see the election as the wishes of members of the chapel.
In his acceptance speech, Inya thanked the members for the confidence reposed in him through their overwhelming votes and enjoined them to continue to give their support.
He praised media stakeholders in the state including the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr. Monday Uzor, and Director General of Ebonyi Broadcasting Corporation (EBBC), Comrade Tony Nwizi, for allowing internal democracy prevail.