ANUNSA-OAU PRESIDENT WADES INTO THE FINANCIAL CLAIMS SAGA BETWEEN DR. AFOLABI B. S AND A.Y SUG

Akingunola Joel Opeyemi(President,ANUNSA-OAU)

ANUNSA

By Omole Isaac.

The President of the All Nigeria United Nations Students and Youths Association(ANUNSA, Obafemi Awolowo University Chapter, Akingunola Joel Opeyemi, has expressed his opinions on the recent financial claims saga rocking the University.
In an extensive interview with one of our correspondents, Mr Akingunola had this to say as regards the financial claims saga:
" The case should be carefully looked into as "corruption" is one of the major issues hindering many African countries from achieving the collective target set by the UN for member countries to hit by 2030. All parties should get the facts straight and appropriate consequential action be taken based on the discovered facts."

Mr Akingunola also examined the issue as regards its effect(s) on the reinstatement of  OAU's Students' Union where he opined thus :

This issue(The financial claims saga) should in no way hamper the smooth process of granting the legal rights of students to collectively protect their interests. The process preceding the election should in no way be stopped or delayed as several cases of social injustice, insecurity and others are common place ever since the union was proscribed. "

Both issues should be addressed simultaneously and none should hinder the other.

It would be recalled  that on the 22nd of October 2016, the Vice-Dean of the Division of Students Affairs, OAU, made it known at an event which held on OAU's soil that the last administration of the suspended Students' union were allocated 2.5million naira by the University's management which they expended in just three days.

The claim by the Vice-Dean has been countered by the immediate past Financial Secretary of the union. He  alleged that Dr. Afolabi's statement was nothing but false,this he did in a public release issued and signed by him (Olajide Adeyanju Ayodeji).

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OAU: POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT LEGISLATIVE ARM SUSPENDS DEPARTMENTAL PRESIDENT, GENERAL SECRETARY INDEFINITELY.

Effiong Enoch Samuel(Suspended President, NAPSS-OAU)

Rt.Hon Adebowale Miftau(Speaker, PSSRC)

Akintokun Akinyemi(suspended General Secretary, NAPSS-OAU)


By Omole Isaac.

The parliament of the National Association of Political Science Students , OAU, on 21st of October 2016 suspended indefinitely the President and General Secretary of the department's association.

The Political Science Students Representatives Council(PSSRC) gave reasons why the suspension had to take place and it made it known in a public release signed and co-signed by its speaker and clerk, Rt.Hon. Adebowale Miftau and Hon. Lateef Basirat.

The house(Political Science Students Representatives Council )  gave the reasons for the suspension of the President, Effiong Samuel Enoch(Samsynthesis) as follows :
1. The President  failed to attend parliamentary plenary sittings, and he was invited for a sitting which he ended up not attending. 
2.The President increased Freshers' annual dues without ratification by the house or congress. 
3.  The President unilaterally took decisions without the knowledge of the Executive council. 
4.The President failed to report to the speaker of the Departmental  association and the house on his engagements on behalf of the Association.
5. The President failed to implement   the resolutions of the parliament(PSSRC) on sensitive issues affecting the existence of the association(National Association of Political Science Students, OAU chapter). 
6.The Failure of the President to disburse monies to the house,monies meant for the effective running of the parliament as an independent arm.

However, the house stated that the General Secretary, Akintokun Akinyemi David(Y'flows), was suspended due to the following :
1.His inability to renew the association at the Division of Students' Affairs. 
2. His inability to renew the association which Incapacitated the Financial Secretary of association from opening a bank account for the Association.

Radar news network put a call through to Mr Effiong Samuel Enoch(Samsynthesis), the embattled President, and he failed to give a definite reply as to why the house suspended him and his view(s) as regards his suspension.

Also, all efforts to get information from Mr Akintokun(The suspended General Secretary) proved abortive as he declined giving any information on the subject matter while on a telephone conversation with one of our correspondents. 

A student of the Department of Political Science, Ibikunle Mohammed,while reacting to the suspension of the President and General Secretary of had this to tell our correspondent :
" If the gold could got rust, then what should we expect of an iron? The complaints of other executive members that were present at the sitting affirm the fact that the president does not know his onions and to this end I believe that his indefinite suspension is justified.

On suspension of y-flows. He his generally not diligent and not that alone, he equally abridge the constitution. Thus suspending him is simply fine and apt". 

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YELLOBANTTY REACTS TO THE DR. AFOLABI, A.Y SUG FINANCIAL CLAIMS SAGA

Ologun Temidayo Ochuko(YelloBanti)

               

Written by Omole Isaac
              
Of recent, the Vice-Dean of the Division of Students' Affairs, OAU, proclaimed at a summit organized by ACJOAU that "We gave the last administration of the Union a sum 2.5million naira and they expended it in just three days."

However, the Financial Secretary of the union during the last administration has countered Dr. Afolabi's claims saying that the union only received two disbursements, the first being 2million naira and the other 1.5million naira and that the third disbursement did not materialize due to the suspension of the Union. The former Financial Secretary of the Union then challenged the Vice-Dean to present evidences substantiating his claims.

Reacting to the whole saga, the former Financial Secretary of Angola Hall of Residence and a 300-level Political Science student, Ologun Temidayo Ochuko(a.k.a,YelloBantty) in an interview with Radar news network made certain submissions.

According to Mr "YelloBantty", "the alleged accusations made by Dr. Afolabi on the mismanagement of 2.5million by the past union administration as raised eyebrows and attracted criticism on the part of the recently passed administration. Nonetheless, in a sane and democratic society such as ours, concrete evidences is required of the accuser and the accused as touching the sensitivity of this very issue. As the intellectuals we are, I maintain therefore that our criticism and judgment ought to be based on FACTS and nothing more."

On the state of the Union Mr. YelloBantty had this to say... "all efforts and resources at this point in time should be articulated towards the reinstatement of an independent and vibrant union. We shouldn't allow any unnecessary digression of focus towards meager issues as this will not aid in anyway our just struggle for the protection of the interest, life and property of students which only is possible with the existence of a vibrant union structure consisting of effective and efficient union leaders".

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NUC CANCELS PRE-DEGREES, DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES IN UNIVERSITIES; SET TO REVIEW CURRICULA

By Omole Isaac.






Pre-degree and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities have been scrapped. The National Universities Commission (NUC), which took the action, instructed them to leave the running of such programmes for polytechnics and concentrate effort on producing human capital in the core undergraduate, part-time and post-graduate courses.

Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, gave this order at meetings held between October 10 and 12 with vice chancellors of the 143 universities in the country, according to a statement by the NUC yesterday.

He also directed that the research directorate of NUC be strengthened to work with those of universities. This is to co-ordinate research activities in universities and ensure relevance of their outputs. He said the NUC, would engage a mix of old, experienced and young vibrant academics to come up with curricula that would not only be dynamic and responsive to national needs, but also conform to global trends.

Source : The Guardian newspaper

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