The power tussle over the chairmanship of Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Association of Nigerian License Customs Agents ( ANLCA) is far from being over. Whereas many thought the issue has been amicably resolved, but recent releases by warring camps on social media proved otherwise. While a faction of the BoT pitched tenth with Chief Henry Njoku led ANLCA BOT which was asked to step down after nearly ten years, other threw their wight behind Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha was recently elected to replaced him.
The bone of contention now is that Chief Njoku has refused to step down, even after an election of the BOT was held and the votes was 5 against 3 in favour of Mustapha. According to a statement from the 5 BOT members titled “RE: BOT CHAIRMANSHIP’ it reads ‘Our attention has been drawn to the post by the NPS (Joe Sanni) on the above subject hence we would like to state as follows; 1. We have always maintained that no single individual in or outside ANLCA has the magic key to unlock the door of peace in the Board outside the Board members themselves. “We therefore see the post purportedly directed by the National President as either been made in error or a calculated attempt to make us join issues with the National President to the detriment of ANLCA’s image.
“As a mark of respect to the office of the National President and to demonstrate that we are open to confl ict resolutions and peace, we granted the request of Hon Tony Iju to hold a meeting with all the Board members. ” A meeting was therefore held at the boardroom of Santiago Hotel, Amuwo Odofi n where after an exhausting exchanges, the following resolutions were later concluded. “After over nine years of tenureship, Chief Henry Njoku would be regarded as outgoing Chairman within a transition period of three (3) months from the date election was held. For a smooth transition, Chief Henry Njoku would commence arrangements to hand over the leadership of the Board peacefully to Alhaji Taiwo Mustapha as the incoming Chairman.
