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The congress of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Niger State Chapter, has fixed Saturday, 23 September, 2017 for election of a new state executive to take over from the Hamza Kamar Caretaker Committee. Elections are to hold by 10:00am at the Niger State Book and Other Intellectual Resources Development Agency, Minna, Niger state. It would be recalled that following a protracted leadership crisis in the chapter two years ago, the national Executive of ANA dissolved the two contending state executives in September last year and inaugurated a 3-man caretaker committee to reconcile the feuding groups and restore peace and amity to the chapter. Announcing the election date last Saturday at the chapter’s weekly meeting, the Chairman Caretaker Committee, Kamar Hamza said that the election is due to be conducted before the upcoming national convention to allow the chapter to be led to the convention by a formally elected executive. Subsequently, the congress ...

The Bayelsa state chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has elected new officials. The election which held the Izon House Secretariat of the chapter in Yenagoa last week Saturday was supervised by the ANA national Vice President, Mr Camillus Ukah. New ANA Bayelsa Chair, Mrs. Bina Nengi-Ilagha  The following is the full list of the new executive team: Chairman - Mrs Bina Nengi-Ilagha Vice-Chairman - Barr. Murphy Biriabebe Sec-Gen - Julius Bokoru Asst. Sec-Gen - Mrs Rosemary Ede Financial Secretary - Ms Gift Boleigha Treasurer - Mrs Beauty Adike Lazarus PRO - Mrs Hilda Osunu       Legal Adviser - Barr. Ernest Brisibe Members of the new Exco listening to ANA Vice President, Mr. Camillus Ukah