Dashe emerges Chairman of Basic 85 SPS Keffi Alumni

By Ezekiel Dontinna 

   Basic 85 alumni of the old School of Preliminary Studies (SPS) Keffi, has elected its new Executive Council with Selman Dashe, as the Chairman and deputised by Prof. Sarah Lwahas, to oversee the affairs of association in the next three years.

   Others included: Mr. Yakubu Taddy, as Secretary General to assisted by Abubakar Sadiq, while the positions of Treasurer and Financial Secretary went to Joan Dabes and Saidu Agbole respectively.

    Also elected were Mr. Habila David as Auditor; Barr. Christopher Kigun (Legal Adviser) and Allahbura Ambrose, as the Welfare Secretary of alumni in that order.

    While declaring all the officials duly returned elected, the  ELCOM Chairman, Barr. Simon Barry, described the election as free and fair without rancour or sentiment, commending members for the show of maturity and sportsmanship.

    He prayed that the newly elected Executive Council would take the association to a greater level, considering the collection of intelligent and highly respected calibre of people in the movement.

     Earlier, the Local Organising Committee Chairman, Mr. Yakubu Taddy, commended members for the show of commitment and suggested that, next convention should be either be in Nasarawa State to encourage members who found it difficult to attend.

     Responding on behalf of the elected Executive, the newly elected Chairman of Basic 85 SPS Keffi Alumni, Selman Dashe, thanked members for the confidence reposed in them and promised not to fail, but work towards uplifting the welfare of its members.

     He said, “on behalf of my colleagues here as EXCO, we accept the responsibility with great humility because we are here to serve. So, we really need the support of each and everyone of us here so that, we move to the next stage.

     “Going further, we have to put a standard operating procedure and have a very smooth identity where our internal welfare will be looked at now that most of us are in the six floor of our age.

     “So registration of our identity will now be known by the special grace of God as; “Basic 85 Foundation”. As a Foundation, it means we can attract money internally and externally aside from our donations”, Dashe highlighted.

       According to the Chairman, this would enable members who could not afford their medical bills to have access to Health Insurance Scheme through collaboration with the States and Federal Government. 

      He, however, immediately constituted two committees with Barr. Simon Barry, as the Chairman of the Basic 85 Foundation Committee and Prof. Sarah Lwahas to Chair the Welfare Committee respectively.

      The Chairman also suggested that the Basic 85 SPS Keffi Alumni should have the Emir of Keffi as the Grand Patron of association and it was unanimously agreed by the Congress.

     Meanwhile, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, who is a member of the Basic 85 SPS Keffi Alumni, thanked the Set for support given to him during electioneering campaign and after and promised to continue to support this noble cause.

      Represented by the Plateau State Executive Chairman of Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Sunday Amuna, the Governor said, “I want to assure this gathering that, going further, I am identifying with the group because I am part and parcel of the group.

     There was a paper on presentation by Dr. Nandom Abu, welcome address by Nehemiah Garage as it was moderated by Victor Dawurung, respectively.