Wednesday 28 November 2012
Friday 23 November 2012
Monday 5 November 2012
MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER MEETING 2012
THE MINUTES OF
DEMONSTRATION OLD STUDENTS’ ALUMNI (DEMOSA) MEETING LAGOS STATE CHAPTER HELD AT
LTV 8 COMPOUND, AGIDINGBI, IKEJA LAGOS ON 30th SEPTEMBER 2012.
ATTENDANCE
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OPENING
The
opening prayer was said by Olobayo Kudi at exactly 14.28 hrs. Incidentally she
(Olobayo Kudi) also takes the reading of the minutes of our last meeting.
Adesina called for adoption of the minutes after reading while John Ojuola
seconded the adoption.
MATTERS DISCUSSED
Dapo
Daramola gave the house the update on DEMOSA members (Bola Olanrewaju and
Lateef Suberu) that went to Kogi state (Egbe) to visit Mrs. Balogun (our Former
Senior Mistress) for her seventy-six years birthday.
Dapo
spoke on Mr. Itoe; He said an alumnus Neequaye Kotei (from Ghana), got through
to us, that he got through to him (Mr. Itoe), a man who had invested in us when
we were young but now is living in a pitiable situation. He said his pension is
irregular; and we should do something for him. His suggestion was that in the
spirit of what we have started we need to do something for him. Dapo suggested
that we should not put a specific levy tag, that we could make it open so as
not to scare others away, that we mustn’t make others see us as people who only
come together to contribute money for teachers etc. John suggested that we
could call someone in Zaria to help investigate the true situation of Mr. Itoe.
To this Dapo called Micheal Akuboh who promised to get back to us before the
next meeting. Adesina on his part wants whatever we will be doing for Itoe to
be effected before Christmas or by Christmas time, that we could send the money
to an Alumnus who will go to present it to him accompanied by other members in
Zaria.
Dapo
as usual dwell much on what we all stand to gain by being members of this
association, when others are celebrating we will always be handy to render a
helping hand. Kudi spoke on the fact that in organizations like this we could
start by having a small purse for now, by this she meant that in every meeting,
we could be having some amount as meeting dues. That with this we will be
having certain amount in our purse, we can always meet needs as at when due or
we can always subsidize contributions from the dues. It was thrown open how
much we could be contributing and Dapo suggested five hundred naira, but if we
have a situation where a member doesn’t have it in the meeting, it should not
be carried over to the next meeting as this will cause accumulation and may
make people stay back from the meeting. Also those who can drop more than five
hundred naira can also do so.
On
accountability, Kudi will want as from now hence-forth all monies given to
members spent on the association should be properly recorded, this should start
from the Kogi state trip embarked upon by Bola and Lateef. The general notion
is that when there is accountability people are more willing to give as one is
sure that any money given will be judiciously used and proper account will be
rendered. On the issue of accountability and contribution it now becomes
inevitable that we need officials, on this Dapo suggested that since we cannot
even vote we may have to choose one of us to be a treasurer and others to hold
forth for other position till we have a proper and consistent population. This
discussion led to the issue of our registration. On this we felt the in-house
lawyer should be with us. Promptly Adesina
called Bar. Mahmood who apologized profusely for his inability to be at
the meeting, he however promised to be at the next meeting. We therefore agreed
to wait till when Bola and Lateef are around before we choose treasurer etc.
and issue of registration is left pending.
Concerning
end of year activities, Kudi suggested that we have a picnic or party. Dapo who
moderated the meeting asked in which mode of operandi it will be? Kudi
suggested that it could be bring and eat type of a picnic or/and pull resources
together. We ended up choosing December 8th 2012 and the time to be
13hours. Venue will be recreation ground house of Assembly ETB park, Ikeja,
further discussions on this is postpone till next meeting. Adesina suggested
that we need to have a time limit for our meetings. On this we agreed that
henceforth our meeting shall be for two hours. This is to encourage those who might
have other meetings to attend on same day to come and further instill
discipline among us all.
ADJOURNMENT
John
Ojuola called for adjournment of the meeting by 16.27 hours and this was
supported by Olobayo Kudi.
CLOSING
Olubukonla Dada said the closing prayers.
Saturday 3 November 2012
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In continuation of its goal of unearthing African achievers all over the world, the Cable News Network ( CNN )through its sensational programme sponsored by Globacom, African Voices, will this weekend be featuring the only African in charge of an American major basketball team, Masai Ujiri.
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He is currently the General Manager of Denver Nuggets, a three hundred million dollar company on the National Basketball Association in the United States of America .
On African Voices, Masai Ujiri will be giving leadership tips on his meteoric rise to fame and stardom as well as sports marketing, promotions and development.
Born in 1970, Masai Ujiri attended Bismarch State College and played professional basketball in Europe and was an unpaid scout for the NBA for many years before landing the present historic job.
Masai Ujiri , the son of a doctor and hospital administrator who used to play soccer before focusing on basketball admired Hakeem Olajuwon and is involved in efforts to build up basketball on the continent.
Thursday 1 November 2012
AUGUST MEETING
THE MINUTES OF
DEMONSTRATION OLD STUDENTS’ ALUMNI (DEMOSA) MEETING LAGOS STATE CHAPTER HELD AT
LTV8 COMPOUND, AGIDINGBI, IKEJA LAGOS ON 5TH AUGUST, 2012
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The
meeting of the day commenced at 2.40 with prayer led by Michael Akuboh while
the minutes of the last meeting held on the 1st of July was read by
Abdulateef Suberu and Ogunyebi Adesina moved for adoption of the minutes and
Dapo Daramola seconded.
Ninma
Apim (’88), Peter Udochi (’88), Isabella (Davies) Bakeh (’88), Fisayo
Arowosegbe (’88) and Bukky Dada (’88) sent apology for their absence.
Dapo
Daramola welcomed all and appreciated the new faces in our midst especially the
presence of Michael Akuboh and Ann (Williams) Thomas of 86 set present at the
meeting, others are from 92 set. Abdulazeez Momodu, Jude Iyamabo and Emeka Onubau. In his address as
usual, Dapo reminded us of the benefits associated with alumni. He goes further
to give a summary of what we have done so far. Our visit to Mrs. Alaiyemola in
November during her brief stay with her children in Lagos, calls made by Demosaites to wish her happy birthday both
from Nigeria and over the World made this year’s birthday as the best gift she
ever got. Demosaites presence at the burial of Mrs. A. N. Jaja, former Principal
Demonstration Secondary School from 1985 to 1994. He thanked Bola Olanrewaju
for her efforts in coordinating the activities as well as Demosaites in Abuja
and Zaria. We gave financial assistance to one of us who changed job, the
drafting of DEMOSA Constitution with special thanks to Abdulateef Suberu and
Ogunyebi Adesina who devoted their time
to be present when called upon. Further, he explained why the meeting was held 5th of August
instead of the 29th of July as expected. Michael Akuboh sent
message that he would like to be present at the meeting cause he would be in Lagos
that period. Dapo Daramola also used the opportunity to thanked Demosaites who
attended his son’s naming ceremony.
Ann
(Williams) Thomas expressed her joy with what we have done so far and promised
to come around to attend meetings though she stays far from mainland.
Michael
Akuboh was very delighted to be in our midst after such a long time after
Secondary School. First, his condolence message to us all on the death of our
late Principal Mrs. A.N. Jaja. He continued with a big thank you to Bola Olanrewaju
for what she is doing and that he tried to do same in Zaria a long time ago but
his efforts was not appreciated. He appreciated her zeal and confessed this has
made his passion for DEMOSA re-ignited so he wishe to continue along the path
he had started. He explained to us how he organized the Maiden Edition of
Annual Inter-House Basketball Competition on behalf of Demonstration Old Boys
Association in March 2001 between 6th and 10th at the ABU Basketball courts. ADEOLU OJO won
the most valuable player AWARD which goes with one (1) year Scholarship paid by
Demonstration Old Boys Association. They got support both in cash and kind from
the teachers of the school both present and those who had left. He brought with
him documentation made, for us to see and go through. The challenge he had was
concern for money with people around him as there was no rules and regulations
to guide them. He explained the need to build a base and get in touch with one
another to know what has happened and
what is happening around us which is very vital, by so doing, people will know
of our existence and come to our aid
when we need one. He also advice we de-emphasize the issue of finance for now
until we have EXCOS in place. He seek for assistance from other members of
DEMOSA on whatever project we wish to embark upon. He also informed us that the
Parents Teachers Association (PTA) is not functioning for now. But there is a
Care Taker Committee in place that sees to the affairs of the school. He went with
Mr. S.J. Ekpo to see the Secretary of the school and ask after the records of
the activities of the said ‘Alumni’ that was in place at one time in the school.
It was a known fact that payments were made into the purse of the Alumni but
the records could not be traced at all. Michael Akuboh appealed to all to
motivate Bola Olanrewaju by giving her assisting with at least recharge card to
encourage her with getting in touch with other Demosaites and getting them in
touch. If we get notification and won’t be able to attend the meeting, we
should endeavour to inform the house of our absence.
Michael
Akuboh concluded his speech with greetings from Masai Ujiri, Current Executive
Vice President of Basketball Operations Denver Nuggets United States and Mrs.
Balogun our former Senior Mistress and one of our English teachers. Dapo Daramola
commended Michael Akuboh on his speech.
He then added that DEMOSA Lagos is not interested in post, but to get things
done and put in proper place. We are all professionals in our various fields if
we need to get things done, we tax ourselves since we have no purse so the
people will be motivated and we move on.
Bola
Olanrewaju thanked everyone in the house for their support and prayers during
her trip to Kaduna for late Mrs. A.N. Jaja’s burial especially Dapo Daramola,
Kudi Olobayo and Oluyemi Comfort Akinde –Falaye who sent her N1,000 worth
airtime. Adesegun Akintunde (Adevolks) too, for he monitored her all thru the
trip with phone from Canada. Gratitude goes to Miss. Kantiyok, Mrs. Amako, Mrs.
Bala and Mr. S.J. Ekpo for they ensured we were properly taken care of. They
were delighted to see us and all look forward to our home coming.
Emeka
Onubau in attendance for the first time expressed gratitude to the house for
putting DEMOSA in place. He has always been updated about the happenings in the
house by his friend Adesina Ogunyebi and
he made up his mind to be present at the meeting. He prayed and wants DEMOSA to
move up to greater heights.
Another
person present is Jude Iyamabo. He commended the efforts of everyone present.
He had wanted to attend on several occasions but the nature of his job didn’t
allow him. During his trips out of the country he came across Demosaites who
assisted him. Once in Canada and another Jumoke (Olumeyan) Olayemi (’91)
residing in Australia. He also informed us of Demosaites residing in Maryland
about their attempt in coming together but because they had on constitution to
guide them they couldn’t continue. He talked about the issue of finance, that we
cannot turn down money issue aside because in all we do we need money as such
certain amount of money need to be set aside for running the Alumni every year. His establishment gave
DEMOSA a cheque of N50,000.00 (fifty thousand naira only).
Abdulateef
Suberu urged us to continue to forge
ahead and added that in the course of our work where we get to meet members of our Alumni, we need no
protocol to get things done. He too advised on the issue of money that for now
it should be put aside because it will draw people back from attending meetings
and more so we don’t have a major project on hand aside from our Constitution. For now if we
need any assistance , we call on members to contribute whatever each can afford
until our Constitution is ready then we set up various committees to handle
affairs.
In
his own contribution, Olanrewaju Giwa
simply expressed he was pleased and thanked Bola Olanrewaju that it was her persistent calls that brought him out of
his shell. He added that we should device ways members should be committed and
loyal to the alumni. Michael Akuboh chipped in with the fact that number is
important once any group is in place we can’t have a complete number in
attendance at all times. All we need is to be focused and put our aims and
objectives first.
Adesina
Ogunyebi apologized first for coming
late and keeping all waiting but expressed his joy of seeing his classmates of
20years. To keep in touch with friends, you need to be committed. Friends of
those days are really your true friends, there is true bond cause we came from
the same root and we are re-connecting back to that same root. We should be
consistent in attending meeting and once we cant make it we should get those
involved informed as this encourages oneness.
Abdulazeez
Momodu was also glad to be in our midst. He is a lawyer and will be handling
the issue of DEMOSA registration and Constitution. He gave us guidelines
concerning the registration of DEMOSA as an alumni: we need to have at least
five (5) members as Excos, registered address, landed property even if it is a
pledge to DEMOSA and an official sum of N100,000:00 (One Hundred Thousand naira
only). On other documentations, he volunteered to render his services free of
charge. With what we have done so far on the DEMOSA constitution he commended
we did a good job.
While
the meeting was on-going, Adesegun Akintunde (Adevolks) called from Canada to
speak with us and concluded we should not relent in what we have embark on and
Demosaites in Diaspora are very happy and we should count on their support
anytime it is needed. Michael Akuboh thanked everyone present for the honour
given him and was also grateful for all the condolence messages sent to him on
the death of his wife. “Nothing is too small “he concluded.
Ogunyebi
Adesina moved the motion for adjournment while Michael Akuboh seconded.
Next
meeting is slated for 26th of August, 2012 at the same time and
venue. All are expected to be punctual.
The
meeting came to a close at 5:20.
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