OAU's Division of Students' Affairs invalidates Faculties congresses/Election as regards selection of candidates, Orders fresh congresses

By Omole Isaac

The Division of Students' Affairs of the Obafemi Awolowo University has on the 6th of September invalidated the results of Faculties congresses/Elections that occasioned the emergence of persons who are regarded as representatives from their faculties - And are expected to meet with the Division of Students Affairs and the Vice-chancellor to discuss modalities for the 'deproscription'  of the OAU Students' union.

According to a reliable source who was in the meeting between selected representatives from faculties and the leadership of the Division of Students' Affairs , the Acting Dean of the Division of Students' Affairs frowned at the fact that Faculties went ahead to conduct congresses or elections that produced Representatives who are supposed to become members of the soon-to-be-constituted Electoral commission and Election Petitions Committee when the Union is reinstated. The Acting Dean, Dr(Mrs)  Akinola, stated that she made it clear in the meeting she had with Faculty Presidents last week that each faculty should present two representatives that will meet  with the Vice-chancellor to discuss how to reinstate the union-however, the representatives from each faculty may become members of the electoral committee and Election petitions committee. She further expressed her disappointment at the way certain faculties conducted congresses and elections that produced their representatives; she even hinged on the fact that certain facilities had their nomination process flawed with irregularities.
Our source also mentioned that one of the Representatives elected from the Faculty of Social Sciences told the Acting Dean that it would be wrong for another nomination process be done and that it looks more like the Division of Students' Affairs wants to impose her decisions on students. It was also on record that some persons at the meeting claimed they were not properly informed.

The most paramount resolution of the meeting is that "Faculties should conduct another nomination process (Congress or Election) come 15th of September 2016 where two representatives will emerge from each faculty, one representing each faculty in the electoral commission of the soon-to-be-reinstated-union and another in the election petitions committee. And the nomination process of each faculty begin at exactly 4pm on the said date simultaneously. However, observers from school security unit and DSA will be on ground to monitor the nomination process "