The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Anambra State Chapter has elected a new executive council. The new executive council was elected during the association’s ninth quadrennial delegate state conference in Awka, Anambra state capital.
The election which was conducted electronically, saw Mrs. Edith Onwuka, the incumbent chairman of the association who ran unopposed returned elected with 47 votes, Helen Okeke emerged as the Vice Chairman of the association with 47 votes, Jane Okeke won the office of the State Treasurer with 46 votes, Helen Onwudiwe won the position of the State Financial Secretary with 46 votes, while the State Public Relations Officer, Genevieve Ezenwuba won with 46 votes among other elective posts.
Announcing the results, the Returning Officer of the election and Deputy National Secretary of NANNM, Comrade Joe Idege thanked the delegates for the seamless election and urged the winners to work hard to ensure the unity and an all-inclusive administration of the association, as well as ensure that the welfare of their members are well taken care of.
The Director of Nursing Services, Anambra State Ministry of Health, Mrs Perpetual Nzube-Anene expressed joy with the smooth conduct of the exercise, and urged the new executive to ensure that nobody is left behind in the betterment of the association, while adding that nurses play a significant role in health care delivery worldwide.
Earlier in her acceptance speech on behalf of the new executive, Mrs Onwuka thanked their members for the trust reposed on her which was why nobody contested against her.
The Anambra NANNM Chairman promised that her second term in office will spur her to do more for the overall interests and good of their members and called on all those who might have felt aggrieved in one way or the other to join hands with the new executive council in ensuring that the association in Anambra moves from strength to strength.
She promised to run an all inclusive administration to accommodate all their members, even as she called on those who did not win in the election to join hands to move the association forward as there is chance for them to win tomorrow.
