MACOSA Gets Executives After 9years

The Mass communication Students Association (MACOSA) at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt has inaugurated her first Executive Cabinet in close to nine years through a Care Taker Committee.

The new Care Taker Committee is chaired by Okene Darlington, a 300 level students of the department while Wikere Miriam Besadee is to serve as Vice chairperson.

Other Members of the Care Taker Cabinet include, Uchenwo O. Clifford, is to serve as Secretary General .Thompson Ferdinand is the Director of Socials while Learning and  Boma is to serve as Welfare Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony which took place on Monday, 29th at the department of Mass Communication, the Head of Department Mass Communication of Department, Dr.Fred Amadi who was un- avoidably absent as such was represented by Tom Big Harry, a lecturer in the department advised the newly appointed Excos to put in their best in serving the interest of the students having been so appointed to mediate and ensure a cordial relationship between students in the department and its management. He equally admonished them not lose focus of their academic pursuit which he maintained was their primary purpose of being in the university.

Similarly, the MACOSA Students Staff Adviser, Mr Umor Ebenezer also charged the new Excos to work collectively as a team in order to attain their set objectives.

In his remark, the pioneer of the MACOSA Resuscitation Project and Chairman of the Mass Communication Stakeholders Forum, Comr. Peterside Bright S.T. expressed joy over the development which he said was relief after many years of battle over the resuscitation of the departmental students body through the constitution of its leadership. He therefore urged the new Executives to understand the gravity of the new responsibility that has been committed to them emphasizing that the major target was to have an election where the students will openly elect their leaders.While commending the HOD for accepting the proposal for the rebirth of MACOSA, he posited that, the Constitution of the Executive body was a step in the right direction, with this in place, we now have a functional MACOSA after many years and it is a history am proud to be part of and i urge everyone to put aside any personal interest and support them for the good of all.

In his acceptance speech, the Chairman of the Care Taker Committee promised to put in his best to in other to have a fruitful administration. He however pleaded for the support of the students which he maintain shall enable them succeed.

The new Excos are to serve for the 2015/2016 academic session pending the lifting of ban on election by the school management.