BY JOHN MKOM, JALINGO.
Mr Peter Julius the newly elected Chairman of
Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Taraba state
has thanked the Taraba state governor Darius
Ishaku for his support during the chapter’s 6th
state conference were he and others were
elected as new executive council to pilot the
affairs of the union for the next four years.
Ishaku-Darius
The position of the chairman of the union was
keenly contested by Mr. Peter Julius and
Habibu Umar Dodo had about 320 delegates
accredited from the sixteen local government
areas of the state for the election which was
held yesterday at Bizarre Hotel in Zing, the
headquarters of Zing local government area of
Taraba state saw.
Com. Solomon Daisi, the Ondo State Secretary
of NUT, Com. Sam Umo-Iyang, Imo state
Assistant Secretary General of NUT and Haruna
M’hd Lallah, Kano State NUT Secretary were
the election presiding officers.
Announcing the results of the election, Com.
Sam Umo-Iyang declared Peter Julius Chair of
Taraba NUT.
Peter Julius pulled a total of 362 votes to
defeat Habibu Umar Dodo who got 51 votes.
In his acceptance speech, Julius on behalf of
the newly elected members thanked the Taraba
state governor Darius Ishaku for the support
given to the NUT in the state for the success of
the 6th conference.
He thanked the delegates for finding him
worthy to lead the teachers of Taraba state
and call on the teachers to be supportive of his
administration.
“We cannot do it alone without you, the task
still lies in your hands because without unity
there can never be any meaningful
achievement, my office is for all the teachers in
Taraba state who have meaningful
contributions for the growth of the union” Peter
said.