The leadership of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, at the national level, has lifted the suspensions of two members of its National Executive Committee, NEC.
The suspended members, Azuka Raph Chiemeka, Vice President of the South-South Zone, and Ijeoma Nwante, National Financial Secretary, were reinstated on Saturday during a virtual SWAN full council meeting over the weekend.
According to a communiqué released after the meeting, the decision to lift the suspensions came after both members expressed regret and offered apologies, which the NEC accepted.
In the same meeting, the full council also approved plans for SWAN’s 2025 membership registration.
Registration, according to the communiqué, will commence in November 2024 and close at the end of March 2025, with payments and registrations to be managed by state chapters.
Members were also observed to have been encouraged to provide accurate information on the association’s website, particularly those who did…