It was a very joyous atmosphere recently at the pastoral Centre, Owerri, where a free and fair election of the Owerri Building Materials Traders Association (OBMTA) was held.
The OBMTA Presidential Election between Comrade Anthony Okonkwo and Cyriacus Onwuamaegbu was keenly contested for before the emergence of Comrade Okonkwo Antony as the president. Other officials who were equally produced via same process include the Secretary, Financial Secretary and others.president and other officials
The Election of the President which was keenly contested for between Comrade Okonkwo Anthony and Cyriacus Onwuamaegbu had the security operatives , ISAMATA President, Hon. Emmanuel Ezeanochie and some journalists as Observers.
The election which commenced at about 11a.m with accreditation and voting saw Comrade Okonkwo emerging with 338 votes to beat his rival, Cyriacus Onwuamaegbu, who polled 175 votes.
In a brief interaction with some newsmen after the election declaration, the president of Imo Amalgamated Market Traders Association (ISAMATA), Hon. Emmanuel Ezeanochie, commended the peaceful, free and fair conduct of the election by the OBMTA Electoral Committee, which ended in producing a man of their choice.
He praised all the organs that facilitated the success of the election, stressing that the newly emerged Comrade Okonkwo would expectedly deliver in
office.
He used same avenue to assure all the members of OBMTA to work towards actualizing their positive plans in 2024, with the assistance of God, stating that his involvement in supervision of the election was to make sure that there was peaceful conduct of such an election.
In same vein, the newly emerged OBMTA President, Comrade Okonkwo, commended the process that produced him, maintaining that his level of transparency, integrity, accountability and goodwill enabled his people to vote him in.
He promised to tackle the issue of bad roads within Naze building material market at the commencement of his administration, stressing his readiness to give it a 95% attention.
