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.
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