By Gbenga Sodeinde
In a bid to encourage more members of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Ekiti state chapter to duly register with the National body, the state chairman , Qozeem Oladapo has supported at least 10 members financially.
In a chat with Oladapo in Ado-Ekiti, the SWAN chairman said the gesture tagged NATIONAL SWAN REGISTRATION SUBSIDY was aimed motivating more members of the Association to promptly register with national body.
He said though the token is just a thousand naira for each of 10 interested members to support their registration, Oladapo expressed hope that the gesture will ginger members to obtain their National SWAN identity cards.
He noted that the registration of at least 10 new members will be in addition to 5 Executive members who had earlier signified interest to personally register.
The Ekiti SWAN chairmann however urged the National SWAN secretariat to speed up efforts at ensuring members are not deprived their national identity cards.
He recalled that only 7 members out of 12 who paid for their registration in 2021 got their ID cards while others did not get theirs., a development he noted might discourage members from registering.
Qozeem Oladapo expressed hope that efforts towards ensuring registration of more members would be intensified in the next couple of weeks as the present executive of the Ekiti state SWAN clocks one year in office on January 27.
He also promised to come up with more people oriented initiatives that will benefit members of the Association and make Ekiti State SWAN a force to reckon with nationally.