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FGCEOSA Elections 2021

FGCEOSA Elections 2021

The Electoral Committee has been tasked with organizing the upcoming elections, and this section of the website is dedicated to providing information and guidelines towards the election.

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Ends 1st May

Nominations for candidates is now open, and will remain open till Saturday 1st May 2021. Click here to nominate a candidate.

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Election Date

23rd May 2021

The 2021 FGCEOSA Delegate Conference for Elections will hold on Sunday, 23rd May 2021 from 5pm  – 7pm (WAT).

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The delegate conference shall be virtual and held via a voting app with voting polls for all positions. All votes will be verified and will be by secret ballot.

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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL OFFICE

Each Chapter/Branch/Class Set shall submit a nomination list via their President/Representative as follows:

  • Board of Trustees:
    • A maximum of 10 nominees from each Chapter/Branch/Class Set.
  • For the National Executive Officers:
    • An individual can be nominated by him- or herself, by a third party or by a set/chapter/branch.
    • In the event of a third-party nomination, consent must be duly obtained from the nominee before submission.
    • A set/chapter/branch may nominate anyone from within itself or from other sets in the association.
  • Nominations shall be accepted from Monday, 1st April 2021 to Saturday, 1st May 2021 by filling out the nomination form on the elections website or by sending an  email to elections2021@fgceosa.org

The following National Executive Officer positions will be contested.  Click on position to see a description of it's duties and functions (and the  Incumbent & Ex-Officio Officers)

  1. The President
  2. The 1st Vice President
  3. The 2nd Vice President
  4. The Secretary General
  5. The Assistant Secretary General
  6. The Treasurer
  7. The Financial Secretary
  8. The Publicity/Welfare Secretary
  9. The Assistant Publicity/Welfare Secretary
  10. The Internal Auditor
  11. The Provost
  12. The Legal Adviser
  13. Ex Officio
  14. Members of the Board of Trustees (b/w 5 & 9)

The delegate conference shall be virtual and held via a voting app https://electionrunner.com/ with voting polls for all positions.

All votes will be verified and will be by secret ballot by virtue of Article 19.9 of the Constitution of FGCEOSA 2021 (as amended).

Results of the election will be collated and verified by the app and published immediately on the website same day Sunday, 23rd May 2021

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Elections 2021 - Nomination Form

Details of the person nominating him/herself or another
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Please, contact us directly by email to elections@fgceosa.org, if any issues. Thank you.

QUALIFICATION TO HOLD NATIONAL OFFICE

  • A member of the Association shall be qualified to hold a National Office if:
  1. He/She is sponsored for the particular National Office by his/her Alumni Chapter/Branch or Class Set of the Association.
  2. His/her Alumni branch or Class Set must have met all financial and other obligations due to the Association.
  3. He/She must be financially up-to-date
  4. He/She has participated actively in FGCEOSA activities. Provided that:
    1. Aspirants to the offices of Financial Secretary, and Internal Auditor shall be practicing accountants or persons with financial and/or accounting qualifications.
    2. Aspirants to the office of Legal Adviser shall be legal Practitioners of at least ten (10) years post call.
    3. Geo-political zone of the individual, location of his/her alma mater and gender equity shall, as much as practicable, be considered in electing the National Officers to ensure that the membership always reflects National spread and is representative of the Association’s diverse membership.
  • Disqualification from holding a National Office
    • A National Officer of the Association shall not qualify for re-election to the same office after serving two consecutive terms of two years each, but he/she shall be qualified for re-election after at least one intervening term of two years.
    • A National Officer shall cease to hold office if the members in plenary pass a vote of no confidence on him/her by two-thirds majority of members present and voting.
    • A National Officer who is indicted for any offence bothering on fraud or gross misconduct, likely to bring the image of the Association into disrepute or ridicule shall be expelled from the Association by a simple majority votes of members of the Association.

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