The President's 8 Points Agenda
By
Barr. OLATUNJI SHERIFF
AHOSA National President
The President 8 Points Agenda
• FINANCE AND REVENUE GENERATION.
• WELFARE OF MEMBERS.
• IMPROVING STUDENTS MORALAND ACADEMIC STANDARD.
• NETWORKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.
• MEMBERSHIP DRIVE .
• SET DEVELOPMENT.
• OUR MEMBERS IN DIASPORA
• FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY.
01
FINANCE AND REVENUE GENERATION
AHOSA has a low revenue base. The amounts realized from donations and sets/members subscription are insufficient to fund the Association. I promise to change this scenario by setting up AHOSA Multi- Purpose Company Limited, as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that will engage in business with high turnover on a monthly basis. This will serve as additional source of funding for the Association. This is my pledge on increasing revenue generation for the Association.
02
WELFARE OF MEMBERS
The welfare of our members shall be the primary focus of this administration. We shall introduce an all inclusive Insurance and Health care policy that will adequately take care of Insurance and health care needs of our members. In this process, we intend to take advantage of our medical personnel especially those who have hospitals where our members can go and receive treatment thereby improving accessibility to medical care and patronage. Already work is ongoing to capture all our members in a comprehensive database for this purpose. We pray that the Almighty will give us the necessary wherewithal to achieve this goal.
03
IMPROVING STUDENTS' MORAL AND ACADEMIC STANDARD
Our students are our top priority. They are the reason why we are in the Association. All efforts will be made to partner with the school administrators with a view to providing necessary learning infrastructure, equipments and materials that would aid teaching and make learning conducive. We shall endeavor to provide scholarship for brilliant and indigent students to enable them further their education without any hindrance or financial constraints. In addition, there would be regular mentorship, career guidance and counseling, extra mural classes for those preparing for final examination and other motivational incentives. In fact, it’s going to be a total one stop educational package for our students, God willing.
04
NETWORKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS
Our administration shall explore all opportunities to create an understanding partnership and synergy with critical stakeholders in order to have an enduring smooth relationship. To this end, we shall liaise with the School Management, the Parent Forum, the Ministry of Education as well as the students’ parliament because we need to carry them along too. It is my belief that by having a good rapport with these sets of people, ideas will be generated and decisions will be promptly reached.
05
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
There is an urgent need to improve on the existing membership drive that would catapult our great Association into more prominence and recognition. In doing this however, two things become very critical:
• To set clear and concrete goals.
• The other is communicating our values and benefits.
We need to tap on our members fantastic human and financial resources in moving the Association forward. When members see the benefits they can derive from the Association, it becomes a plus for us and little effort would be required in carrying such members along. In this new dispensation, I intend to involve all our members in providing solutions to some of the challenges facing the Association so that we can collectively move AHOSA to the next level, God willing.
06
SET DEVELOPMENT
For us to have a virile, cohesive, strong and dynamic National body there is need to invest in set development. Towards this end, all efforts will be made to consolidate on the existing number of sets with a view to making them more functional and active to the development of our great Association. In this regard also, efforts will be intensified to bring in new sets to increase the AHOSA family.
07
OUR MEMBERS IN DIASPORA
Our members in the Diaspora have been playing fantastic roles in the affairs of the Association and making useful contributions to its development. They are our foreign ambassadors; they represent the face of the association to the outside world. We shall strengthen the relationship already in existence with a view to carrying them along in all matters affecting the Association. We are very proud of them, and we shall continue to hold them in high esteem.Â
08
FAITHFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY COMMITTEE REPORT
Research have shown that quality and faithful implementation of any report, policy etc plays a very significant part in bringing about successful outcome in any endeavor. As a member of the Strategy Committee that produced a 10 Year Development Plan for our great Association, the implementation of the report of that committee which has been dragging for long is very dear to me. I promise to make the faithful implementation of the Strategy Committee Report a priority of my administration if elected as President of our Association, God willing.