…. As Lere Paimo accepts Chairmanship, ANTP Incorporated Trustees

On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, the Association of Nigeria Theatre-Arts Practitioners (ANTP) Elders met at the private residence of the Chairman, ANTP-Incorporated Trustees, Chief Lere Paimo (MFR), in Ibadan, Oyo State after his acceptance of the position and perusal the so-called aggrieved ANTP members demand of Ashaolu’s removal and thus gave him (Ashaolu) a clean health of bill and also passed vote of confidence on Victor Ashaolu on his leadership style and acumen, in the running of the affairs of the Association.

The ANTP Elders also abided into-to with the resolutions and decisions taken at the 2014 ANTP 4th quadrennial delegates conference held on Friday, July 11, 2014 at Orange Hotels, Bolorunduro, Ilesa, Osun State being a legally and constitutionally conference, for it is ANTP constitution that stipulated 4- to -4 years for the conference, as the last one was actually held on February 26, 2010, but has to be shifted to July 2014 because of the long period of almost three and half years that the litigation lasted, before the Association secured its victory in Court on January 30, 2014 before Justice M.O. Bolaji Yusuf.

The ANTP Elders also commended and praised the delegates conference resolutions and decisions on burning issueslike Tenure – by regarding the period spent on the litigation as crises and transition period, as the elected officers should now be regarded as just starting their 1st tenure in office from LG Chapters to National level till July 2018 and in particular, also, on finance -as they directed the National President (Ashaolu), the newly elected National General Secretary (Mr. Najeen Tijani Kapor) and the elected Treasurer (Mrs. Abiola Ayeni Adejumo) to go and open an account for the Association, as soon as all the outstanding elections are completed, in other not to create confusion and mixed up in the account. Also, that the National President, should prepare all the income and expenditure’s Account that might have been spent or received in the name of the Association by him, for proper accountability and to also on availability of fund, set-up a proper office Administrative setting and look for a better office accommodation, with consultation with the National Working Committee and for the National Executive Council’s approval.


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