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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Message sent on behalf of the AFRALO Chair:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Following up on the Call for Nominations for the Individual member representative election the deadline of 19<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>August has now passed.<br>
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Abdulkarim Oloyede self-nominated on 18<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>August<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>2022, being the only candidate.<br>
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Therefore, as stated in the announcement if there is more than 1 nominee<i><span style="background:white">, “there will be an election, otherwise the candidate will be selected<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>by acclamation</b>.”</span></i></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Accordingly, Abdulkarim Oloyede has been selected by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>acclamation</b>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">His term will begin at the close of the 2022 ICANN AGM and will end at the 2023 AGM.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, kindly see:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/AFRALO+Individual+member+representative+election+2022" title="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/AFRALO+Individual+member+representative+election+2022">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/AFRALO+Individual+member+representative+election+2022</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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