Today (June 9,2014), the students occupied the senate building and DSAs. All roads leading to Campus were also obstructed as muslim students took timeout to have their afternoon prayers. The struggle continues says the students’ union executives…
Photo credit: Abiodun Omonijo
Barricades and holdups since morning…
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on August 27, 2015
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The immediate past students’ union leader, Ibikunle Isaac has emerged the winner of the most outstanding students’ student leader of the year at the just concluded OyaAwardsOAU.
Ibikunle was nominated alongside Oladejo Funmi AKA Olori, Hon Louis and others.
The famous Chinko Ekun also won the Artiste of the year award (Male Category).
Check out other winners here
Posted by Yemi Olutoye on July 18, 2015
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The TY-led administration will be revisiting the #OAUSaysNo increment that shut down the school for 2 months last session.
The Students’ Union president, Akande Omotayo, while giving his speech at the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, May 28 said that the increased school fees doesn’t correlate with the welfare of the students.
“Our Students cannot continue to pay for the increment in school fees having not yielded any commensurate improvement in the welfare condition. This has made the increment itself questionable and unconscionable.” He said
The final year law student also demanded a committee of students and managements to review and investigate the last increment.
“We hereby demand for a committee of students and management to be called the School Fees Review Committee that will investigate the justification of last increment and analyze the university funding and expenditure. The committee will come out with a report to tell us if the university management is indeed broke and if they are, have they exhausted all other channels of generating funds? After their findings, they must initiate the procedure for a review.”
Posted by Yemi Olutoye on June 1, 2015
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On the 28th of February, 2015, the ASFL(African Students For Liberty), OAU Branch, held a rally as part of steps to sensitize the #teamOAU community on their upcoming programme, in partnership with the SUG.
The event, which is the first of its kind on OAU campus is tagged: OAU Leadership and Liberty Forum. It is billed for the 7th of March at Co-operative Building(Behind Zenith Bank). There will be a film show from 9am-11am. The movie to be shown is “Ivory Tower”. From 11am, the programme kicks off with debates(capitalism vs. socialism), lectures, interactive sessions, and opportunities for networking. The evening socials will take place at the Golden Jubilee Gardens, OAU, at 5pm.
The rally was graced by Jude Feranmi,leader of the ASFL-OAU, Abiodun Omonijo, and the President of the Students’ Union, Ibikunle Isaac. The train cisited Mozambique, Angola, and Awolowo Halls, before stopping at SUB.
To register for the event, follow this link http://goo.gl/forms/uRF3U0AYti
Posted by Yemi Olutoye on March 2, 2015
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The chairman of the Projects Sitting Sub-Committee of the University, Engineer J.A Ayodeji has approved the Students union request to “own” a land for hostel development.
In a letter addressed to the student union president, Ibikunle Isaac, 6 acres of land has been allocated to the union and the land is situated between Awo and Angola hall.
The chairman stated that the physical allocation of the land depends on the union’s readiness to commence construction work. He also stated that that commencement and completion of project must be within two years or else the land will be revoked.
See image of the letter below.
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on February 2, 2015
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The Union’s Pro, Bamidale Oludare, published an infographics on the Students’ Union website on Wednesday, 28th January showing an analysis of major union projects.
From the infographics, which was titled “setting the records straight”, the total amount of money spent soo far – projects accomplished and ongoing ones were displayed with picture evidences.
Two buses with the purpose of “internal operations” were purchased at 1.8 million naira. The constuction of AAwo and Fajuyi hall bridges cost over three hundred thousand naira with 90% completion.
The infographic also showed that the HEC, Hall Executive Council, have been disbursed 400,000 naira, part of their 15% entitlement to the students’ union budget.
Presntly, the “revenue in the cover of the union” is put at 5.920 million naiara even as the union hasn’t fully paid for all of its projects.
The Students’ union also stated that it is the right of every students to know what their money is been spent on.
“As due-paying students, it’s your right to know how and what your dues are used for; It’s no longer the time in history when our collective resources are spent on irrelevants and unreproductive engagements.”
Download the PDF infographics report here…
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on January 29, 2015
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The ERC, in a recent press statement, lent their voice to the demand of the Hall Executive Councils(HEC) of the eight halls of residence in OAU to their constitutionally-guaranteed share of the budget. Section 41(3) of the Great Ife Students’ Union Constitution gives the halls of residence the right to “at least fifteen percent of the CEC budget”. This would amount to #930,000 out of #6.2 million, the total amount released to the Ibikunle-led SUG by the DSA and the bank balance left by the previous administration.
It should be remembered that the SRC in her sitting on the 12th of this month, passed a resolution that the said monies be released within 72 hours.That deadline expired on the 15th of January.
The Ibikunle-led CEC did not release the funds, because the funds had been spent on special projects, as they claimed. The ERC described this argument as “inane and fraudulent”. The ERC saw this as usurping the responsibility of the university management, which had functional departments, like the popular Maintenence Unit, vested with these responsibilities. In the statement, the ERC said:
A pro-student, vibrant students’ union is expected to call for appropriate spending of university resources; instead of covering for the failures of the university management.
The ERC described the inspiration for the CEC’s action as ‘self-serving’, with consequences like ‘Inflation of actual cost of projects, kickbacks and outright looting”. The two link bridges between Faj and Awo, and Faj and Sports, were cited.
The statement criticised the SUG for its focus on money-related issues, rather than student welfare and called on the Great Ife students to join the campaign for financial transparency. The HECs were themselves not spared as they were described as ‘selfish’, for limiting their demands to subvention instead of supporting the call for a Congressional probe of the Student Union finances.
The ERC, in the press statement, described the argument that the Budget & Finance Committee of the SRC be saddled with this responsibility as “mischievious and criminally-inclined”. This was because the B&F Committee, and the SRC as a whole, were instrumental in the ratification of the budget without input from the gallerians.
In conclusion, the ERC reiterated her support to the move to restore vibrant students’ union, and called for greater student involvement.
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on January 26, 2015
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We at OAU Christians use this opportunity to wish our very own, Obafemi Awolowo University’s – Students’ Union President, Ibikunle Isaac Motunrayo, a very wonderful birthday.
More great years of health and success lies ahead of you, in Jesus’ name, AMEN.
Catch him on twitter @ibikunleisaacm, and send him your wishes.
Posted by Gomina Dafidi on January 24, 2015
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As the curtain gradually comes down on the Ibikunle/Olori led Student’s Union administration in Obafemi Awolowo University, the Union’s leadership thought it necessary to conduct a press tour on the projects embarked upon by right from the start of their administration. In light of this,leadership of the Union called upon various press outfits on campus to see for themselves, firsthand their various achievements and the proposed ones already on-going.
The Secretary General of the Union, Shittu Ibrahim was also quick to point out some misconceptions about funds by stating emphatically:
“There is nothing like N18 million anywhere in the budget we made”
During the tour, the press bodies were able to take note of the following developments:
Other proposed projects included:
It is also exigent to note that in the analysis of the funds generated and expended, the leadership were not exact on their expenditure, which led to the call by the pressmen that the Union leadership should come out with a comprehensive financial statement this new week.
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Posted by Gomina Dafidi on January 17, 2015
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A large number of concerned students took to the social media recently stating how excited they are about Ibikunle and Olori working together as a team again.
The excitement was directed towards the fact that the unity of the union will be restored, congress will be called, common enemies on campus will be fought and there will be peace amongst students; as a Facebook user has put it.
It’s been about 3 weeks they both signed an agreement to put an end to their dispute. They haven’t been spotted together in the open since then, but we believe everything is fine.
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on December 16, 2014
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