The Raw Materials and Research Development Council (RMRDC) Sports Club of over 500 members have elected Amina Abdulmalik as its first female chairman to succeed Mr. Lapai Umar Batako, whose tenure has just ended.
Abdulmalik, who will lead a 13-member council, is a trained engineer.
Her election, held at the agency’s headquarters, No.17, Aguiyi Ironsi Crescent in Maitama, Abuja, was widely adjudged as a true reflection of popular choice.
The outcome of the exercise was said to have raised hope that the new leaders will improve on the achievements of the former team.
The new executive council members are Ms Amina Abdulmalik, (Chairman), Mr. Olufemi Olubunmi (Vice Chairman), Mr. Barde Idris Musa (Secretary-General), Dr. A. Abubakar (Assistant Secretary-General), Mr. Ujah Hassan (Financial Secretary), Mr. Tony Uzoanya, (PRO I), Mr. Bulus Andarawus (PRO II), Ms Ngozi Eboh (Treasurer) and Mr. Anyanwu Ugueze, (Supporters’ Club).
Other members are Mr. N. T. Oladapo, (Curator I), Mr. John Idenyi (Curator II), Mr. ibrahim Danjuma (Welfare I) and Mr. Madu O. Adline, (Welfare II).
It was learnt that the large turnout for the election was as a result of the huge interest of members in the activities of the RMRDC Sports Club congress, a situation many members agreed was made possible by the former leadership which ensured that an unbiased electoral committee was transparently constituted at its last quarterly congress meeting on Tuesday, August 23.
At her inauguration, the newly-elected chairman thanked the members, promising to be fair to all and urging them to be more committed and give more support to the management.
Meanwhile, one of the observers of the event, Mr. Emeka Nwankpa, had noted that the Lapai Batako-led team succeeded in getting the DG to develop RMRDC’s Sports Club, thereby nurturing and promoting a mentally fit, physically healthy and highly motivated workforce for efficient and effective service delivery.
He said the RMRDC Sports Club had also maintained strict compliance with Federal Government’s monthly walking/jogging/keep fit exercise for all public servants in the various MDA sports, describing it as a veritable tool for the promotion of mental alertness, physical fitness and motivated workforce.
