New President Insists AZICCUL Needs Changes to maintain its leading Position

 

By Francis E Nzante

Barrister Divine Nde Momulluh, the newly elected President of the Azire Cooperative Credit Union has declared that changes have to be made in the modus operandi of the institution if the structure has to maintain its leading position in the Credit Union Landscape in Cameroon. He was speaking during the Annual General Meeting AGM on Saturday the 31st of October at the Ntamulung Presbyterian Church Hall in Bamenda shortly after a landslide victory that saw him being elected as the youngest President ever of the huge Cooperative Credit Union. 

Speaking to the media after the elective exercise he said “I feel fulfilled. It’s been a long journey. It’s a dream come true and I want to say history has been made today the in Azire Cooperative Credit Union. I want to thank everyone that actually put their hands behind me to see that this dream actually comes true. I want to thank even those who did not vote for me. You know that’s democracy.”

Questioned on whether he was going to bring in revolutionary changes he answered in the negative stating that changes were going to come but that these changes could not be described as revolutionary. Hear him, “I don’t want to say revolution for it’s a very hard word to use but there are going to be changes. Laws are changing everyday and so we are supposed to adapt to the system. You should look 20 years down the road so that you should not become  trapped in a circle that will put you in difficulties. We will make changes but we can’t describe them as a revolutionary.”

Insisting that change was unavoidable he said from the beginning people may see it as revolutionary but eventually they would come to realize that for AZICCUL to maintain it’s leadership position changes will have to take place. “I want to promise them that at the end of the day, we are actually going to enjoy the Credit Union that was built by our fathers and grand fathers.”

Drawing attention to the fact that he was the son of one of the best managers in the history of AZICCUL, he said he was also going to work really hard to make sure that an indelible mark was left by his reign.

In this race for the Presidency, four candidates were involved. They included Rev. Njeh Mutanga Joseph, the erstwhile Vice President, Barrister Divine Nde Momulluh, Mr Nji Sivan Tanny and Dr Asanga CA. Out of the about 1800 votes that were cast, Barrister Divine Momulluh in a landslide victory bagged 1065 votes. 

Another elective exercise that took place was that of the post of Vice President and the election of members into the Women's Committee.  In the race for the post of Vice President, Mrs Sonatas emmerged victorious with 708 votes. She was tailed by Mr Mumbai with 468 votes while Rev Mutanga tailed the queue with 383 votes. Madame Comfort Banyong was elected as the new Chair Lady of the Women's Committee. Following her election she said she was going to continue working on what the previous Chairlady had done over the years. The duty of the Women’s Committee she said was to sensitise and bring in more members into the credit union. She promised to put in all her efforts alongside all the members of the committee to make sure that set goals were met with.

Despite the tense atmosphere that reigned during the AGM that was brought to bear on the occasion by the threat that some candidates were going to be eliminated because they had been found guilty of breaking the rules that restricted them from carrying out campaigns, everything eventually went on smoothly. 

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