The Military Widows Association of Nigeria (MIWA), Kebbi State chapter, is divided over its leadership following the emergence of a new executive.
The former State Coordinator of MIWA, Hajiya Asma’u Kanoma, rejected the new leadership, alleging that the Nigerian Legion dissolved the existing executive and conducted an election without constitutional authority.
However, the Nigerian Legion, Kebbi State Council, dismissed the allegation, saying the election was conducted in line with a directive from its national leadership and supervised by relevant authorities.
The State Chairman of the Legion, Alhaji Ahmed Shehu-Matawalle, made this known on Tuesday at a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi.
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Shehu-Matawalle said the national leadership of the Nigerian Legion had summoned MIWA and Legion executives from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to Abuja to discuss the restructuring of the associations.
He said the meeting resulted in a directive to dissolve the existing MIWA state executives and
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