In their sitting of the 31st of July through to the 1st of August, the Students’ Representative Council suspended the President, Akande Omotayo for a month.
The President was suspended for not following due procedure in his request for school sponsorship to attend the 7th Millennium Campus Conference, hosted by the United Nations. The said letter, which requested over 0.6 million naira sponsorship was sent without the assent of the General Secretary and the notice of other CEC (Central Executive Council) members.
A motion was first moved for a two weeks suspension. A counter-motion was raised for the President to make a public apology and release a press statement in line with it. The vote was 19-18. At that point, the sitting was disrupted by Gallerians. When calm was restored, the motion for a month suspension was successfully raised. The sitting started around 5pm on the 31st of July and ended by 3am on the 1st of August.
With this, the vice president, Oladunjoye Opeyemi (Oprah) will assume the office of the president as the acting President.
A copy of the letter the president wrote to the VC
Yemi Olutoye contributed to this feature.
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