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Minutes of the Meeting with NOC, NEC and the BOT

Dear Member,

The unfortunate realities of COVID 19 pandemic and the various restrictions, as well as protocols, put in place to reduce its transmission has necessitated many modifications in activities of our chapter. In order to fulfill the various sections of our constitution in-line with both the faculty and the national elections, the NOC, NEC and the BOT have met severally where they noted and resolved as follows:

(a) That, after the relaxation of the some of the COVID-19 pandemic protocols, local flights have begun to stabilize, while international flights operations would resume in a short while 

(b) Resumption of the exit classes in our schools 

(c) Additional different states protocol(s) on physical gathering from 20 to 50 people

Despite these developments, the meetings re-emphasized that it was premature to consider a full physical Annual General and Scientific Meeting (AGSM) and resolved as follow              
(i) The 44th chapter AGSM was postponed till July 2021.                
(ii) A combined 44th and 45th chapter AGSM in its full complement may hold in July 2021 in order to keep the chronology              
(iii) That Abuja City would retain its hosting right for July 2021               
(iv) That a special Chapter AGM would be held in October 2020 in the place of the 44th chapter AGSM

Features of the special AGM are as follows:

  • Date of Arrival was fixed for the 15th October 2020
  • Date of the meetings was fixed for 16th and 17th October 2020
  • Date of departure was fixed for 18th October 2020
  • The venue of the meeting was slated for Lagos due to ease of logistics 
  • The special AGM would be a blended meeting (both physical and virtual). The  physical aspect of the meeting would include the NOC, NEC and BOT meetings while both the faculty meetings and AGM would be by virtual 
  • The registration fee was fixed for N10, 000:00 only and those who had earlier registered with N40, 000:00 shall be refunded from the Abuja 2020 account.
  • The chapter would be responsible for the expenditure of the special AGM, while all  deposits made in-respect of Abuja 2020 would be carried over to 2021
  • The election would be e-voting and eligibility to vote criteria would include good financial standing and active participation in the virtual meetings

No certificate of attendance would be issued.

You can get in touch with the National Secretary for further clarification.

Thank you