ANA Zamfara Report - 2016 Yusuf Ali Literary Awareness Campaign

ANA ZAMFARA CHAPTER PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES FROM OCTOBER 2015 TO DATE.

The new Exco of the state chapter has recorded the following progress from the inception into the office from October 2015 to date:

1.    Introduction of membership ID card

2.    Establishment of relationship with 

(i)          Ministry of Science and Technical Education

(ii)         Zamfara State Library Board

(iii)        Zamfara Radio

(iv)       Ministry of Information

(v)        Gamji T.V

(vi)       F.C.E (T) Gusau

(vii)      The State SSG

Through courtesy calls.

3.    Courtesy call to Zamfara State Secretary to the Government Professor Muhammad Abdullahi shinkafi (walin Shinkafi)

4.    All executive members attended the Kaduna international convention of ANA (Nov.2015).

5.    One of our members (Sen. Mukhtar Abdulkarim) is made a member of the National Advisory Council of  ANA.

6.    Chairman and secretary attended a congress of all chapters’ chairman and secretary at Ilorin and secured Barrister Yusuf Ali’s grant of N150 000 for the chapter.

7.    Come up with one year work plan for the progress of the association

8.    Updating the association website

9.    Categorized the books written by the chapter members into different classes. (Fiction Academic, Poems, Religions etc)

10. Held series of Exco meetings

11. Designed association letter head, file jackets

12. Gotten addition and members.

13. Held Barrister Yusuf Ali’s sponsored workshop on “Arts of writing” from 1^st - 4^th August 2016  

CHALLENGES

1.   Lack of fund

2.   Payment of the Chapter secretarial rent for 2016 

THE NEW MEMBERS

1.   Hajiya Hadiza Alhassan Ibrahim: - HOD English F.C.E (T) Gusau

2.   Bashir isah: -  F.C.E (T) Gusau

3.   Nura Bala: - Namoda Secondary School Kaura Namoda

4.   Sani A. Sabo F.C.E (T) Gusau

5.   Umar Jibril Kasuwar Daji: -Public Complaint Commission.

6.   The provost F.C.E (T) Gusau

7.   Honourable  Commissioner Ministry of Science

8.   Permanent Secretary Ministry of Science

9.   Director Inspectorate Division Ministry of Science

10.                Deputy Director Inspectorate Division Ministry of Science and Technical Education.

11.                Hamisu Shayau Director Administration State Universal Basic Education Board.

The chapter is making progress towards getting students membership.