Actor and voice-over professional Segun Arinze has been re-elected as the president of the Association of Voice-Over Artistes (AVOA) Nigeria.
In a message to members following his victory, Arinze thanked them for their trust and vowed to take the association to greater heights.
“Great AVOAITES!! I want to thank every member of our great Association for the confidence reposed in us by re-electing us for another term,” he wrote.
“I look forward to an eventful four years ahead. Promising to take AVOA to greater heights and achieving key milestones. Helping our older members consolidate and opening future doors of opportunities for our young members so they can reach their God given potentials as they learn and gain experience from the older members.
“In the coming days we shall be sharing our blue print for AVOA. I appeal that there should be no more sitting on the fence while the world keeps evolving. The challenges ahead are enormous but surmountable. We need each other to get to our destination. Together we shall succeed. God bless AVOA. Thank you all.”
Segun Arinze was first elected as AVOA President in 2021.
His re-election was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by AVOA’s chief of staff, Victoria Atodo.
The statement read in part, “During his first tenure, Mr Arinze focused on members empowerment and capacity building as he worked hard to create opportunities for new talents, through training and entrepreneurial development, this led to the introduction of the most successful empowerment program tagged AVOA VOICEFEST.
“He was also a strong voice advocating for the rights and interests of its members, including addressing issues like the ban on foreign voice actors.”
Following the conclusion of the AVOA elections, the electoral panel formally announced the newly elected members of the executive council who will serve alongside Arinze for the next four years.
Abdul Mohamed was elected as vice president, with Joy Ogbekene emerging as general secretary. Ngozi Ofili will serve as assistant general secretary, while Tessy Brown takes over as finance director.
Busari Olatunji was named business director, Sabur Garba as publicity director and Funke Laode as chief whip.
The electoral panel congratulated all elected officers and thanked the association for the privilege to serve, noting that the swearing-in ceremony will be communicated in due course.
