THECONSTI

TUTI
ONOF

UMUARI
AM SECONDARYTECHNI
CALSCHOOL

CLASSOF‘
90

NAME:Umuari
am Secondar
yTechni
calSchoolCl
assof’
90(HEREINAFTERREFERREDTOAS‘USTSClassof‘
90’
or“
Associ
ati
on”
)isa
bodyf
ormedbyol
dstudentsofUmuari
am Secondar
yTechni
calSchool(
HEREI
NAFTERCALLED‘USTS’
)OBOWO,ImoSt
ate,
NIGERIA.

1.PREAMBLE
Wet hemember sofUmuar i
am SecondaryTechni
calSchoolClassof’ 90hav efi
rml
yand
solemnlyresolved;tounit
einf el
l
owshipandtopromotethei nt
erest
sandwel far
eofeach
other.Wear ecommi t
tedtofindi
ngwaysandmeansofi mpr ovi
ngour selves.Weareal
so
commi t
tedtojoinothereff
or t
saimedtowardseducat
ionaldevelopmentofoural ma
mat er.Webeli
ev ethatourcommonal i
tyandheri
tageareasour ceofst r
engthanda
meanst oachi
ev i
ngourgoal s.

Ourmot
t shonest
oi y,i
ntegr
it
y,i
ndi
vi
dualexcel
l
ence,
fami
l
y,andcommuni
ty.

Doher
ebymakeandgi
vet
oour
sel
vest
hef
oll
owi
ngConst
it
uti
on:
2.CI
TATI
ON
Thi
sdocumentmaybecit
edastheConst
it
uti
onofUmuar
iam Secondar
yTechni
cal
SchoolCl
assof’
90(
herei
naf
terr
efer
redt
oas“USTSCl
assof‘90”)
.

3.COMMENCEMENT
Theprovi
sionsofthisconst
it
uti
onshall
comeint
ooperati
onwit
hef
fectfr
om thedat
e
ofadopti
onbyt heAnnualGeneral
Meeting(
AGM)endorsedbyt
hePresi
dentand
General
SecretaryoftheAssoci
ati
on.

4.AI
MSANDOBJECTI
VES
Theai
msandobj
ect
ivesoft
heAssoci
ati
onshal
lbe:

a)Toseek, uphol dandpromot ehighacademi c, spiri

tual
andmor alst
andardsinour
al
mamat er,
i.e.USTSObowo;
b)Toest abli
shgoodr elati
onshi pbetweent heOl dSt udentsandtheSchool;
c)Tocr eat easpi ri
tofunit
yamongstal lmember sirr
especti
veofthei
rsex,rel
igi
on,
stat
us, educationalqual
ifi
cationorpol i
ti
cal affil
iat
ion;
d)Tof ost erthespiri
tofcommuni t
yconsciousnessandt ofost
erthei
nterestofthe
member sinNat i
onalandI nternati
onalAf f
airs;
e)Toconducteducat i
onal andot herresearchesandadv iseouralmamater
accordingly;
f) Topar ti
cipateintheactivi
tiesofoural mamat erandassistt
heschoolwhenev er

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 theneedarises;
g)Toundertakeanynon- pr
ofi
tabl
event
uresforandonbehal
fofoural
mamater
;
h)Toachievesuchf ur
therobj
ecti
vesastheAssoci
ati
onmayf r
om t
imetot
ime
deter
mine.
5.MEMBERSHI P
Thecat
egor
iesofper
sonst
hatmaybemember
soft
heAssoci
ati
onshal
li
ncl
ude;

a.Allper
sonswhograduatedfr
om USTSin1990;
b.Allper
sonswhowast hesetof1990graduatesinUSTSf ornotlessthanone(1)
academicsessi
on;
c.Honorarymemberswhichshall
incl
udeallpastandpresentteachersoftheUSTS;

6.REGI
STRATI
ON

i
. Regi strati
onofmember sshallbeont hepaymentofaf eetobedet er
mi nedby
theNat ionalExecut i
v eCommi tteef r
om t
imet otime;
i
i
. Ar egi ster
edmembershal linaddi ti
ontosub-secti
on( i)ofthissecti
on,paya
mont hlysubscr i
ptiont obedet erminedbytheNat ional Executi
veCommi t
tee
from t imet oti
me;
i
i
i. Themont hlysubscr iptionshall becomedueont he1stofev erymonthandshall
bepai dnotl at
ert hanl astdayoft hatmonth.
i
v. All member soft heAssoci ati
onasdescr ibedunderSect ion5sub-secti
on( “
a”
and“ b”)shallregisterwhi l
et hoseundersub- secti
on( c)mayr egist
eriftheyso
wi sh.

7.PATRONS
Thef
oll
owi
ngshal
lbepat
ronsoft
heAssoci
ati
on:

i. TheEzes(HRH)ofUmuar i
am orit
scomponentcommuni t
ies,
.
i
i. TheChairmanofObowoLocal GovtArea
i
i
i. TheCommi ssi
onerofEducat
ionImoSat ewhoshal
lbetheGrandPatron.
i
v. Anyotherper
sonthatshal
lbenomi nat
edbytheNati
onalExecut
iveCommi t
tee.

8.STRUCTUREOFTHEASSOCI
ATI
ON
TheAssoci
ati
onshal
lbest
ruct
uredasoneBodywhi
chwi
l
lincl
udemember
sinNi
ger
ia
andi
ntheDiaspor
a

9.THENATI
ONALEXECUTI
VECOMMI
TTEE

Themember
soft
heNat
ional
Execut
iveCommi
tt
ee(
her
einaf
terr
efer
redt
oas“
the
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 Exco”
),shal
lcompr
iseoft
hef
oll
owi
ng:

a.Pr esident ;
b.Vi cePr esident ;
c.Gener al Secretary;
d.Fi nancial Secretary;
e.Tr easur er;
f. Social Secr et
ary ;
g.Publ icitySecr etary;
h.Legal Adv iser;
i
. Ex- offi
ciowhoshal lincl
udeall
pastPresi
dents,Pri
nci
pal
sofUSTSand
Chairmanoft heBoar doftheSchoolGover
ningbody;
j
. Suchot hermember sasmaybeco- optedfr
om timetoti
meonappr
ovalat
theConv ent i
on.

FUNCTI
ONSOFTHEOFFI
CERS

ThePr
esi
dentShal
l:

a.BetheChi efExecuti
veOf fi
ceroftheAssociat
ionandshal
lpresi
deoveral
lNati
onal
Executi
veCommi tteemeet i
ngsandConv ent
ions;
b.Coordinat
et heactivi
ti
esandaut hor
izeexpendit
ureonbehal
foftheAssoci
ati
on.
c.Betheof f
icialr
epresentati
veandleaderoftheAssoci
ati
oninallf
unct
ionsunl
ess
other
wisedel egated.

TheVi
cePr
esi
dentshal
l
:

a.AssistthePresi
dentatallti
mes;
b.Presideovermeeti
ngsi ntheabsenceoft
hePr esi
dent
;
c.Carryoutanyotherfuncti
onsasmaybedel egatedbythePr
esi
dent
.

TheGener
alSecr
etar
yshal
l:

a.Summonal lNationalExecut i
veCommi tt
eeMeet i
ngsandConv enti
onsinliaisonwiththe
Presi
dent;
b.Recordmi nutesofNat ionalExecutiveCommi tt
eeMeet i
ngsandConv entionsand
cir
cul
atesamet oal l
member s;
c.Conductallcorrespondencesoft heAssociation;
d.Compi l
eaRepor toftheact i
vit
iesoftheAssoci ati
onandr eportsameatt heConv enti
on;
e.Beinchargeofandunder takeallduti
esoft heSecr et
ari
at;
f.Bethecustodianofal lproperti
es,recordsanddocument softheAssociation;
g.Carryoutanyot herfunctionsasmaybeassi gnedordelegatedbythePr esident;
h.ShallkeeptheCommonSeal oftheAssoci ati
on.

ThePubl
ici
tySecr
etar
yshal
l:

a.Ber
esponsi
blef
orpubl
i
cizi
ngt
heact
ivi
ti
esoft
heAssoci
ati
on;
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b.Prepareandwrit
epr
essrel
easesontheacti
vit
iesoft
heAssoci
ati
onandsendsamet
o
thepresswitht
heappr
ovalofthePresi
dent
/Exco;
c.Censoranyart
icl
esf
orpubli
cati
onthatar
enotinthei
nter
estoft
heAssoci
ati
on.

TheFi
nanci
alSecr
etar
yshal
l:

a.Collectal
lregi
strati
onfees,annual duesandot hermonies,anddel i
versamet othe
Treasurerwithi
n24wor ki
nghour sofcollection;
b.Keeppr operrecordsofmoni escollectedandi ssuereceipt
sf orsame;
c.Registeral
l member sandsubmi tthelisttot heGeneralSecretary;
d.Submi twhencal l
edupont odoso, allfinancialrecor
dsasmaybedi r
ectedbyt he
NationalExco.
e.PresentFinancialReport
satConv ent i
ons;
f.Prepareandsubmi tBudgetsf ort
heNat ionalbodyand,
g.Carryoutanyot herfuncti
onsasmaybeassi gnedbyt hePresident/
Conv ent
ion.

TheTr
easur
ershal
l:

a.Receiveallmoniesf rom theFinancialSecretar

yanddeposi tsamewi t
hthe
Associati
on’sBanker swi t
hin24wor ki
nghour sofreceipt
.
b.Withdrawmoneyonbehal foftheAssociationwher eanytwo( 2)oftheunder-
menti
oned
appendt hei
rsignaturesont he“ BankWi t
hdrawal Form”thatis:thePresident
,Fi
nanci
al
Secretar
yorTr easurer;
c.Keepdet ai
ledandaccur aterecordsoftheAssoci ati
on’smonies;
d.Keept heAssociation’sStamp, BankPassbooks, Securi
tyPapersandReceiptBooks;
e.Submitwhencal l
edupon, al
ldocument stot heNat i
onalExco.
f.Perf
orm suchot herfunct i
onsasmaybedi rectedbyt heNat i
onalExco;

TheSoci
alSecr
etar
yshal
l:

a.Ar
rangeall
social
acti
vi
ti
esoftheAssociat
ion;
b.BetheChair
manoftheSocialCommitt
eeandshal
lcar
ryoutsuchassi
gnment
sasmay
bedir
ectedbytheNati
onalExco.

TheLegal
Adv
isershal
l
:

a.Advi
seonal ll
egalmat t
ersandcar
ryoutal
lotherl
egaldut
iesrequir
edbyandonbehal
f
oftheAssociat
ion;and
b.Perf
orm anysuchf unct
ionsasmaybeassignedbytheNationalExco.

Ex-Offi
ciomembersaref
ullExcomember
sandshal
lhav
evot
ingr
ight
s,andcanbe
assignedduti
esbytheNati
onalExco.

Co-
opt
edMember
sshal
lhav
enov
oti
ngr
ight
s.

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 10.
ELECTI
ONS

ElectoralCommi ttee:
i
.Ther eshal lbeest abli
shedanEl ect
oralCommitt
eenominatedbyt heNat
ional
Conv enti
on:
 
a.TheEl ectoralCommi t
teeshallconsi
stofnotmorethanthree(3)memberswhohave
satisfi
edal l
financi al
obligat
ions;
 
b.Nocont est antshallbeamemberoft heElect
oralCommittee.
i
i.TheEl ectoral Commi tt
eeshal l
standdissol
vedupontheelecti
onoftheExecut
ive
Officers.

11.
ELECTI
ONOFOFFI
CERS
Alloff
icer soft heAssoci ati
onshal lbeel ectedbypopul arvot eatt heConv enti
on/Gener al
Assembl i
esi nt heSecondy earoft het enure:
a.Aper sonshal lnotbequal i
fiedtohol dorper f
ormt hefunct ionsofanyof f
iceunless
he/shei sar egisteredmemberandhasbeendul yelectedandswor ntoanoat hofof fice;
b.Allregister edact iveandf inancial member softheAssoci ationshal lbeeligi
bletov ote
andbev otedf or;
c.Allelectionsshal lbehel dbysecr etbal l
otorconsensusdecl arati
on;
d.Nomi nationofal lcandidatesshal l
bemadei nwriti
ngt otheEl ect
oralCommi t
tee,orby
showofhandsatel ectiontime;
e.Nomembershal l proposeorsecondmor ethanonecandi dat eforthesamepost ;
f.Acandi dat ef orelectiontoanof ficeshal lbedeemedt ohav ebeendul yelectedwher e
he/shehast hehi ghestnumberofv otescastatt heelection;
g.Allcandi dat esv yi
ngf orelect i
veposi ti
onsshal lpayaf eet obedet erminedbyt he
National Execut iveCommi t
teenotl at erthant hr
ee(3)mont hspr i
ortothedat e oft he
sai
del ect i
on;

12.
BYEELECTI
ON
a.Bye-
electi
onshal lbeconductedbytheExcotofil
lanyv acancywithi
naperiodofnot
l
essthant hree(3)monthsoft hevacancyoratthenextConv ent
ion/Gener
alAssembly.
b.NoofficeroftheAssociati
onshallbeeli
gibl
eforElect
iont oanotherof
fi
cewithoutf
ir
st
rel
i
nquishinghis/heroff
ice.

13.
TENUREOFOFFI
CE
a.All
electedoffi
cersshallhol
doffi
ceforat erm oftwo(2)year
sf r
om thedayofswearing
i
nandmaybeel i
gibl
eforre-el
ect
ionforanotherterm.
b.Noof f
icershal
lserveonapar ti
cul
arpostf ormor et
hantwo( 2)ter
msPr ovi
dedthat
suchoffi
cermaybeal l
owedt oconti
nueifatt heti
meofnomi nati
onforelect
ions,
nonew
candi
datei ndi
cat
esinterestandtheout-
goingof f
iceri
swill
i
ngt oserve.

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 14.
RESI
GNATI
ONANDREMOVALOFOFFI
CERS
a.Anyof ficeroft heAssoci ati
onmayr eli
nquishhis/heroff
icevoluntar
il
yandsuchshould
bemadei nwr it
ingtot heExco;
b.Anof ficermayber emov edf r
om offi
cewhenev erther
eisanest abli
shedact(
s)ofwrong
doingagai nsthi m/her ;
c.Actofwr ongdoingshal lincl
ude:
i
.Mi sappr opriat
ionoff unds.
i
i.Disrespectt oconst itutedaut hori
ty.
i
ii.Derelictionofof fici
al dut y.
i
v .Useofun- parli
ament arylanguagedur i
ngmeet i
ngs.
v.Puttingt henameoft heAssoci at
ionintodisreputethr
oughpubl i
cati
onsorutter
ances.
vi.Actsofsabot ageoft heact i
vit
iesofUSTSCl assof‘90,suchasdel i
berat
e
dissemi nat ionofwr ongi nformation.
vii
.Otheract sofmi sconductasmaybedet er
mi nedbytheExecut i
veCommi tt
ee.
vii
i.Noncompl i
ancewi thdirecti
vesofNat ionalExco.
c.Intheev entofav ot eofnoconf i
denceont heExcooranyof ficeroftheExcoby2/3of
member sataConv ention/ GeneralAssembl y,t
heExco/ sai
dofficer(
s)shall
bedeemed
remov ed.
b.Ift
heExcoresignsorisremoved,
a3-manProvisi
onalCommitt
eeshal
lbeel
ectedbyt
he
Conventi
on/GeneralAssembl
ytoperfor
mtheduti
esoftheExcoforaperi
odofnotmore
thanthr
ee(3)mont hsandconductf
reshel
ect
ionswithi
nthesameperi
od.

15.
DISCI
PLI
NE
Amembermaybedi sci
pli
nedi fther
eisanest abl
ishedact(s)ofwrongdoi ngagainst
him/ her.Incaseofextr
emewr ongdoingamembermaybesuspendedorexpel l
edf r
om
theAssoci ati
on.
.Asuspendedmemberwhoshowsr emor seandar epentantatt
it
udemay
ber e-absor bedi
ntot
heAssociationaftermeetingthetermsandcondi ti
onsst i
pul
atedby
theExco; andift
heExcoand/orConv ention/
Gener alAssemblyarenotsat i
sfi
edwi t
hthe
reason( s)adducedmayexpel suchamember .

16.
ESTABLI
SHMENTOFSUB-
COMMI
TTEESANDAD–HOCCOMMI
TTEES:
i
.TheExcoorConv enti
on/GeneralAssembl
ymayconst i
tut
eSub- commi t
teesandallsuch
Sub-commi t
teesshall
havedefinit
etermsofreferenceandperiodwithinwhichto
concludethei
rassi
gnment s.
i
i.Thereshallal
sobeconst i
tut
edbyt heConvention/
GeneralAssemblyanAudi tSub-
commi tt
eewhoseassi gnmentshallbeforaperiodnotexceedingsix(6)calendarmonths:
i
i
i.TheAudi
tSub-
commi t
teeshal
laudi
tal
laccount
softheAssociat
ionandsubmi
tit
s
r
eportt
otheConvent
ion/
General
AssemblyateachConvent
ion/General
Assembl
y.
i
v.Member
soft
heAudi
tSub-
commi
tt
eeshal
lnotbemember
soft
heExco;
v
.Member
soft
heAudi
tSub-
commi
tt
eeshal
lnotexceedt
hree(
3)per
sons;
vi
.TheExcomayi
ftheydeemedf
itappoi
ntExt
ernal
Audi
tor
sonannualbasist
oex
ami
ne
andmakeappr
opr
iater
ecommendati
onsontheAccount
softheAssoci
ati
on.
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vi
i.TheExcoshal
lhav
epower
stoconsti
tut
eathree(
3)manDisci
pli
nar
yCommitt
eeto
i
nv est
igat
eandmakeappr
opr
iat
erecommendati
onsonanyal
l
egati
onofwrongdoi
ngby
anymember .

17.
MEETI
NGS
i
.TheAssociati
onshallhaveanonli
ne/vi
rtualmeetingev er
ylastSundayofthemont
h.
I
i.TheNati
onalExcoshallmeetfrom t
imet oti
meast heydeemedf it.
i
i
i.TheNati
onal Conventi
onshall
beheldev er
yy ears
i
v.Theti
meandv enueofsuchmeet i
ngsshallbef i
xedbyt heNationalExco;
v
.ThereshallbeExtra-
Ordinar
yConventi
onatt hedirect
ionoftheNat i
onalExco.

18.
QUORUM
(a)Therequi
redQuorum attheConventi
onshallbe10regist
eredmembers,pr
ov i
dedthat
thePresi
dentorGeneral
Secr et
aryi
spresent.
(b)Therequi
redquorum atExcomeetingsshall
befour(4)members,pr
ovidedthatt
he
Presi
dentorGeneral
Secretaryispr
esent.

19.
SECRETARI
AT
i
.TheNat ional Secr etar
iatshallbei nObowo; andt heremaybeappoi nted/employedan
Admini strat iveOf ficeront ermsandcondi t
ionsasspel toutinhi s/herLet t
erof
Employ ment .Thedut i
esandr esponsi bil
it
iesoft heAdmi ni
strati
v eOf fi
cershalli
nclude
amongstot herst hedai lyrunningoft heoper ationsoft heNat ional Secretari
at.
i
i.AllNat ional Exco’ sshalldeposi tattheSecr etariatforrecordandr eferencepurposes,a
fi
lecont aini ngal l
mi nut
esofExco, Conv enti
onandGener alAssembl yMeet i
ngsheld
duri
ngt heirt enur e.Thi sshallalsoi ncludeal lcorrespondences.Ther eshal lbeapr oper
handingov erofal ldocument s, recor dsandpr operti
esoft heAssoci ati
onatt heendof
eacht enur et ot henewExco;
i
ii
.Anyi tem sentt ot heAssociat ionbyanygr oup( s)orindividual(s)suchasbooks,
cassettes, etc,shal l bekeptatt heNat ionalSecr etari
at.

20.
SOURCEOFFI
NANCE
TheAssociat
ionshallr
elyontheunder
-menti
onedfori
tsf
inances:
i
.Regist
rat
ionfees;
i
i.Monthl
ysubscript
ion(Dues);
i
ii
.Donati
ons;
i
v.Moniesreali
zedfrom pr
ogrammeofactiv
iti
esandanyotherl
egi
timat
esour
ces;
v.Lev
ies.

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 21.
BANKERS
TheExco,
Conv
ent
ionorGener
alAssembl
yshal
ldet
ermi
net
heAssoci
ati
on’
sBanker
s.

22.
SIGNATORI
ES
i
.Signat or
iestotheAssociat
ion’saccount
(s)shal
lbethePresi
dent,Fi
nancialSecr
etar
y
andTr easurer;
i
i.Allwithdrawalsofmoniesonbehal foft
heAssociat
ionshallbecarr
iedoutwheretwo
outoft hethreeoffi
cer
sment ionedin(i
)aboveappendthei
rsignatur
esont heBank
Withdrawal Form.

23.
AMENDMENTS
i
.Anyamendment stot
hisConsti
tuti
onshal lonlybemadeattheConvent
ionandforsuch
amendment stobecomeef f
ect
iveitshallbepassedbynotlessthan2/3ofmembers
present
.
i
i.Anypersonthatdesi
resanamendmentt ot heConst
it
uti
onmustcommuni cat
ethe
proposedamendmentt otheNati
onal Secret
ar i
ati
nwrit
ingnotl
atert
hanthr
ee(3)months
beforetheConventi
on.

24.
SUPREMACY:
Thi
sConst
it
uti
oni
ssupr
emeandi t
sprovi
sionsshal
lhav
ebi
ndi
ngef
fectonal
lmember
s
andor
gansest
abl
i
shedundert
hisConst
it
ution.

25.
INTERPRETATI
ON
Exceptot
her
wisepr
ovi
dedi
nthi
sConst
it
uti
on:

a.‘USTS’meansUmuar iam SecondaryTechnicalSchool .

b.‘Al
maMat er
’meanUmuar i
am Secondar yTechnicalSchool.
c.‘Nati
onalSecretari
at’meanst heNationalOff
iceoft heAssociati
on.
d.‘Conventi
on’meansGener alMeeti
ngofmember softheAssoci ati
on.
e.‘General
Elect
ion’ meansel ect
ionofoffi
cersduringConv enti
onsorGener alAssembl
ies.
f.‘
ActiveMember s’ meansthosemember swhohav econtinuouslypart
ici
patedinUSTS
Classof‘90acti
v i
tiesandhav ecompliedwi t
hallrelev
antf i
nancialcommitments.

26.
DATEOFEFFECTI
VENESS

THI
SCONSTI
TUTI
ONwasadopt edatameet
inghel
don………….
.anddeemedt
o
hav
ecomei
ntoef
fecton……………….

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