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THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

 


The office Bearers of MCHO  are; Chairman/Vice-chairman, the Secretary General/Assistant, the Treasurer/Assistant Treasurer, the Organizing Secretary, the Co-ordinator and the advisors All of whom shall be fully paid up members of MCHO to be determined by the committee. These officers are further classified into two committees; the management committee and the advisory committee whose duties are as below:

a)           MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

 

The Management Committee shall consist of all Office Bearers of MCHO and four (4) other members elected at the Annual meeting in each year.

        i.      The Management Committee members shall hold office until the following Annual General meeting. The committee shall include the immediate past chairman if not re-elected and if otherwise impracticable, and that the incoming committee shall be co-opt one office bearer of the past committee.

      ii.      The Management Committee shall meet at such times and places as it shall deem fit for the purpose of conducting its business and shall not meet less than once in three months.

    iii.      The management committee shall be charged with the day to day running of MCHO and shall report to the General Meeting.

 

b)          THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

These shall be resourceful and esteemed members of the community proposed by the Annual General Meeting and appointed by the committee for a period of three years (3).

          i.      The Advisory Committee shall be the overseer and advisor to ensure that the committee is well guided in pursuit of the objectives of MCHO. 

        ii.      The Advisory Committee shall meet at such times and places as it shall deem fit for the purpose of conducting its business and shall not meet less than once in three months.

      iii.      The Advisory committee shall consist of seven (7) members, four of which shall constitute a quorum for an Advisory Committee meeting.

       iv.      The Advisory committee shall consist of; the Chief or Assistant Chief, an Educationist, a local politician, an Economist or business person, two religious leaders and a social worker: Two of whom must be women.

         v.      Shall be charged with resolving disputes within the Committee.

       vi.      The relationship between the Advisory Committee and Management Committee is essentially mutual and the Advisory Shall serve as appellant referral for issues from the Management Committee and the decision reached shall be biding.

     vii.      The Advisory Committee is not above the Management Committee and will not at any time arrogate to itself the prerogative to run MCHO.