Abesan Estate Residents Prepare For Elections

Abesan Estate Independent Electoral Committee have released the guidelines for the 2016 elections into Abesan Estate Residents Association (AERA) executive offices. The Chairman, Electoral Committee, Mr. Olumide Lewis in a statement released to our correspondent and also signed by the Secretary of the Electoral Committee, Mr. Kamal Osunfowora, declared open for sales, nomination forms which will cost N2,000 for key posts and N1,000 for others. 

The key posts to be contested for are President, Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer and Chief Financial Secretary. Other positions are Asst. Secretary General, Asst. Chief Financial Secretary, P.R.O, Asst. P.R.O, Chief Social Secretary, Asst. Chief Social Secretary, Chief Security Officer, Asst. Chief Security Officer, Chief Technical Officer, Asst. Chief Technical Officer, Chief Auditors 1 & 2, Chief Health Officer, and Asst. Chief Health Officer. Others are Chief Welfare Officer, Asst. Chief Welfare Officer, Chief Education Officer, Asst. Chief Education Officer, Chief Whip, Asst. Chief Whip, Legal Officer and two Ex-Officio members.

23 Sectors including the Sector of the current president of AERA, Pa. Afolabi who has already indicated interest to run for second term in office might not participate in the coming elections  if they fail to offset their debts. The debts, a monthly due paid to AERA by the sectors in the estate is said to be running into millions and the electoral body is not pleased with it. At a meeting held on Sunday, 29 May, it was agreed that all debts must be reduced by 25 percent to contest in the elections. The sectors affected are sector 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 17A, 17B, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 30, and 33.

The sales of forms which started on Monday, 30 May is expected to end with submission of forms on Saturday, 12 June. An interactive session with the candidates to involve members of the public, the media and stakeholders will be held on 9 July, 2016. 4 delegates from each sector in Abesan are expected to vote on July 30, 2016 to choose the new sets of executives that will pilot the affairs of Abesan Estate. 
 

Abesan Estate, the largest in terms of human concentration in Alimosho has produced many prominent people in politics, one of who is the pioneering Chairman of Mosan Okunola LCDA, Chief Abel Badejo who was once a president of AERA and the current Executive Secretary of Mosan Okunola, Hon. Opeyemi Adunni Akindele who was once Education officer of AERA, among many other prominent people.