In compliance with Article 20 of the SJOBA Constitution, the National President, SJOBA, Dr. Festus Odunayo Oshoba most respectfully invites you to the 2023 Annual General Meeting scheduled as follows:
Date: Saturday, 20th January , 2024
Time: Jan 20, 2024 12:00 PM West Central Africa
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Memorandum is invited from all members worldwide in accordance with Article 20 of the SJOBA Constitution. Such Memos should reach the General Secretary by email or WhatsApp by Thursday d 18th January , 2024.
AGENDA.
- National Anthem.
- School Anthem.
- Opening prayer ( 2nd Stanza of the National anthem).
- President ‘s report.
- General Secretary’s report
- External Auditor’s report
- Financial reports
- Appointment of External Auditors
- Electoral Committee report on preparations for Election of new National Executive Council to take over in October2024
- Any other Business
- Adjournment
- Closing prayer
ARTICLE 20 OF SJOBA CONSTITUTION: ANNUAL AND SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS
(a)The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall be held at the School Premises upon a date and at a time to be fixed by the National Executive Committee after consulting with the Principal of the School.
(b)The NEC, JNWC, Standing Committees or AGM of SJOBA may allow members not physically present at such a meeting to participate in the meeting by means of remote communication and to be considered to be present in person and to vote at the meeting. In order to avail itself to using this virtual meeting option, the Association shall:
(i) have implemented reasonable measures to verify that each person considered to be present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a member;
(ii) have implemented reasonable measures to provide members a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the members, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting concurrently with the proceedings; and(iii) maintain a record of voting or action by members by means of remote communication.
Additionally.
(c) The Annual General Meeting is to be held for the following purposes:-
- i) To receive from the Executive Committee a report, consisting of
(a) the President’s report,
(b) the General Secretary’s report,
(c) The financial report including audited balance sheet and statement of accounts for the proceeding financial year, and an estimate of the receipts and expenditure for the following financial year; as well as External Auditor’s report.
- ii) Election and inauguration of officers of the association and other members of the Executive Committee and offices and committees enunciated in the constitution.
iii) To elect an auditor for the ensuing year.
- iv) To decide on any resolution which may be duly submitted to the meeting as hereinafter provided.
(d) Any member desirous of moving any resolution at the Annual General Meeting shall give notice thereof in writing to the Secretary General not less than two weeks before the date of such meeting.
(e) The Executive Committee may at any time for any special purpose call a special general meeting, and shall do so forthwith upon the requisition in writing of any fifty members who shall come from a least five branches stating the purpose for which the meeting is required.
(e) One month before Annual General Meeting or two weeks at least for any special general meeting, a notice of such meeting and of the business to be transacted thereat shall be published in a newspaper where feasible and or on the radio; sent by post to all the branches that there may be; electronically, by email circulation or social media- WhatsApp, Telegram, e.t,c.
(f) At all general meetings of the Association, the President, or in his absence, one of the Vice Presidents shall take the chair in every motion, and in the case of equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
DEBO ADEFISAN
GENERAL SECRETARY debadefisan@gmail.com.