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Igala UK General MeetingNov 5 2011St Lukes West KilburnFernhead
Road London W9 3EH
AttendeesIleigo AkagwuEjura AkagwuSam HarunaAbdullahi BakwoIsah
MohammedDauda AbdulkadirYusuf AbubakarUmar AliduAbuh Stephen A.A.
S. AbuhMrs S.E. AgboAbdumalik MohammedThomas ShuaibuRegina
DakwojiJohn Haruna & familySunny OnuhAnibe Agamah
ApologiesMrs Amina OkoloAbdul Adejo (NHC)
Minutes
Meeting starts at 14.26 with opening prayer from Mr. Sam
Haruna
Chairman Bakwo gives the opening speech welcoming members and
thanking them fortaking out the time to attend.
Minutes of last meeting were not taken therefore none was given
All members present introduced themselves
Feedback from Igala day 2011 Bakwo: Music was good Malik: Food
wasn
t very great Simeon Abuh: Time for donations was not made when
most people were around so
opportunity was lost to make maximum Bakwo: On the last note,
pledges have not been duly honored Ileigo: We weren
t Uk focussed enough. Not enough info on activities going on
Dauda: Unexpected change of MC affected tone of programme Everyone
agreed that timing was bad. Culture of late coming. Thomas Shuaibu:
Finance has always been an issue, so it was sad that the chance
to raise funds was missed. Suggested that we should include room
for collection anda sort of fee for late coming
Ileigo: A lot of people attend Igala day only and contribute
noting Bakwo: Spoke about the venue
s location and the associated cost. He recommended
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John: gave his apologies not attending the Igala day. He had
booked a date inNigeria which he could not change last minute. Also
mentioned that the dates for theevent uctuate too much. I would be
helpful if a xed date can be used each year.
Mohammed: in terms of xing date, he suggested a day in August as
Ramadanwouldn't fall within that month again
John: igala activities should be irrespective of members
religion as we are all Igala
and that is the priority. Godwin Agbo: the mistake we made
previously was made again: registration at the
beginning of the event didn't happen. Regina Dakwoji: suggested
a late levy and monthly dues would make us committed.
Gave the example of Urhobo community ning people 2 for coming
late, even by5mins.
John Haruna: suggested regional meetings Iliego: if smaller
meetings hold, there should be a regional focus Sam Haruna: wasn't
pleased with how children were left uncontrolled. Also, time
consciousness and discipline is not there. Immediately putting
Regina
s suggestion into action, lateness fee was collected fromall
members who arrived late.
Bakwo gave a nancial breakdown of recent Igala UK spending Malik
gave a quick nancial report
Income from annual dues: 300 Income from ochachi (traditional
cap): 190 (from 90 investment)
Website: Chairman made an appeal to Sunny and Anibe to help in
tidying the websitebefore the end of the tenure.
Anibe explained the current state of the website, number of
users over the past yearand updates such as adverts and
pictures
Sunny also appealed to members to contribute to content to the
development of the
website Bursary: Chairman explained that the payment was delayed
due to the over-dominanceof candidates from Ankpa. No fault of the
candidates themselves, but the process ofdistributing the award has
not been perfected. In particular, not enough announcementsof the
scheme on radio, TV etc.
Membership drive: business as usual Mohammed: Suggested we act
immediately on regional groups. He offered to
manage the South of London and Agbo to manage the South Simeon:
Suggestion to pull people in from our work places or school.
Wherever we
meet them. Mrs Agbo: Suggested more names should be included
from all across UK Rev Uchola:
people are drawn to what they can benet
. Therefore, there might beneed to create programmes of
activities such as legal aid, education etc that willaddress issues
our people face in the country. Suggested that any of our
meetingsshould include an activity.
Malik ended the meeting with a prayer
