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Now That The Students’ Union Has Been Suspended

Now that the Students’ Union has been suspended, what do we do? Of what is effect is the suspension? By virtue of the fact that the union never had the power to independently collect union dues, the greatest effect of this action will be the financial emasculation of the union. Without money, fresh elections cannot be conducted this semester, and those who are holding office currently will have no successors, unfortunately, for persons like me.

But has our union ceased? Some might say we are divided; that there are those who are even happy about the suspension, while there are those who are for the union. For me, this does not matter. Even when the union was recognized by the school management, there were detractors. Why should they matter now? They have always been in the minority, and it will not be now that they have a majority.

Now, though we have a CEC, we all have an equal stake in this. We are all Presidents, PRO’s, Welfare Secretaries, in our own right. This is no time to sit back and watch, then complain about the wrong leaders. Now we should back the current shoes CEC is in the agitation for better welfare conditions. Some may think I am a hypocrite for saying this, considering my previous statements. But my disagreement with the SU has never been personal or sentimental. It was a disagreement based on tactics. Now the leadership I see and have engaged has a clear plan on how best to win this war. I have no permanent friends, nor enemies, only permanent principles.

We can win this war. Forget the Management’s threats. Would they dare expel over 500 students? This is a matter of common sense. Logic is unnecessary here. President Buhari’s arrival on campus is their Achilles heel, and we must pierce it deeply on Monday. But before and after then, most of us are on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and BBM, or at least two of these. Take pictures of your toilets, water facilities, cramped rooms, leaking roofs. Upload them on social media, tag friends, mention activists you know, like Japheth Omojuwa @omojuwa. Use trendy hashtags. The only language Nigerian authorities understand is embarassment, and that is what we must speak to them!
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by Yemi Olutoye on December 7, 2015  •  Permalink
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Is Great Ife Truly Great?

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Greatness lies not in being strong, but the right use of strength. Greatness is not just about size, brawn or the ability to intimidate, but in the ability to fully deploy all tools available for the achievement of the intended goal.

By way of introduction, let me ask, dear colleagues, are we really GREAT? Is this Great Ife? Is this the best Great Ife can offer? Was a lecture boycott and closure of school gate the best thing our collective intellect could think of? Ask your conscience, if it still breathes, couldn’t there have been a more effective way of doing things?

Call me reactionary, conservative, I don’t care. I stand for what I believe in. I’m not like some SU leaders who have feet of clay that can be washed away by the mob. Since we claim to have been agitating for better welfare conditions, how on Earth would a lecture boycott and forceful kicking out of students from Angola and Moz achieved that? If a leadership has to force its followers to follow it, then clearly such leadership has no legitimacy and has lost the ability to convince its followers to stand by it. And yet these ones call themselves “Intellectual Fighters for Emancipation”.

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We could have effectively gotten our message across by effective use of the social media, using trendy hashtags, engaging the press, while having meetings with the school management. We could have triggered a social media uproar, causing embarrassment to the school management, and gaining concessions from them. All it took was some pictures of raggedy beds from UNILAG for both the UNILAG and OAU school management to embark on a fumigation exercise.

Like me, hate me, but I’ll still say it. The “radical” approach is dead. The last time it was a powerful weapon against the school management was in 1999. In today’s world, wars are not won by the size of one’s army or their noise, but the brain of the General.

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by Yemi Olutoye on December 5, 2015  •  Permalink
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OAU Suspends Students’ Union, Orders Students Out of School

Following the protest staged by the student’ Union on Monday and other series of upheavals, the school management, in a circular released today, made known that the Students’ Union has been suspended till further notice.

They further warned students still on the campus to leave with immediate effect

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by Dejifan on December 3, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Dejifan on December 3, 2015

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School Activities Halted As OAU Students Protest

After a two-day black out on OAU campus last week, the students decided at an impromptu conference that held on Friday,  26th November to protest the deplorable welfare state on campus as well as other incidents such as the fire outbreak in Moremi hall late last year and the disappearance of fire extinguishers reinforced this decision. The student populace decided on a peaceful protest which was to start with a lecture boycott on the 30th of November. 

The management, however, issued a circular promising better welfare conditions on a condition that all activities return to normal and also threatened to scrap out the session if the protest conditions continues.

Currently students are at the campus gate demanding an improved conditions in living standards on OAU campus. See pictures below:

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by Dejifan on November 30, 2015  •  Permalink
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OAU Students’ Union Renovates SUB TV Room

If you have the opportunity to visit the SUB TV Room, OAU, I am sure you will be amazed at how much change has occurred there. The SUB TV Room which serves as a meeting point for Students Union matters to be discussed was just recently renovated by the Students’ Union of the university. The SUB TV Room is located in the Ken Saro Wiwa Building. Blogger Lukman Fasasi reported that the last time the TV room was renovated was in 1998.

Check out the beautiful pictures of the new TV room below:

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Photo Credit: Lukman Fasasi’s Blog

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by Dejifan on November 6, 2015  •  Permalink
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On Resumption: Management, ASUU and Students’ Union

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, OAU chapter, through their Chairman, Dr. Aborisade has said that Lectures for Second semester won’t commence until November 9th, 2015.

According to ACJ News Reel, a news arm of the Association of Campus Journalists, the Chairman of ASUU informed the Students’ union president, Akande Omotayo, on Thursday, October 22nd that lectures won’t commence on Resumption.

“In reaction to the management’s decision and position (to resume by November 1st), the ASUU Chairman,OAU Chapter, Dr. Aborisade informed OAU Students’ Union President Yesterday (Thursday) via a phone call that even if school resumes for Second semester by November 1, lectures would not commence until November 9th, 2015.” ACJ News Reel reported

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Also, Management is said to have declined a ‘30 days rest’ demand by ASUU. However, on the Calendar for the Rain Semester by the Senate, lecture is to commence on November 2nd.

Still on Resumption, Students’ Union, through the PRO, Ojedokun Emmanuel Kant, has demanded that the hostels be renovated before Rain semester can begin. According to the union, renovation of the hostels is the only valid access to resumption.

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by Yemi Olutoye on October 23, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Yemi Olutoye on October 23, 2015

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#StudentPolitics: Ladies, when will you hold the baton?

“Don’t depend on the courage and intrepidity of others. Each and every one of you must make sacrifices to become a hero possessed of courage and intrepidity. Then only shall we all be able to enjoy true freedom.”  – Aung San Suu Kyi

It cannot be denied that all over the world, women and girls have been sidelined, it is of old and it is still at the helm of popular opinions. Why have girls been looked down upon whenever they aspire to stand out, to be better-off among other girls and to do things which are usually seen as accomplishments men only are worthy of?

Well, I will not try to answer this question. I must let us be aware of a familiar evil, that people usually find change intruding, that is we fight change and so only a strong-willed change can survive. This means that whether you are woman or a man, if you dare to stand out and accomplish great heights in your generation, you would be venomously antagonized. Now this is for those who dare to stand out.

There are many however who do not dream. This is a common ground for many ladies,  girls and women
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Ladies why do you proclaim frailty? There is a saying: where there is a will, there is a way. I do not entirely believe in determinism, that is, I believe so much in the power every individual has to gain or jettison whatever he or she so desire, so long the desire is commensurate to the effort. This does not mean that it is impossible for sheer luck to occur, because I have not said that one cannot meet with luck, but that what one wants, one must aim for it.

Search your heart ladies, what is stopping you from making impacts where it would be most holistic? Fear of being named different. Or the fear of what challenges you would face on your way up this Eiffel of excellence.
Infact there is a platform to build upon, at the Students’ Union level; we have never had the emergence of a female President.

All these may seem vague but I intend to stir you up for the task ahead ladies. We can be activists, presidents, vice-presidents, governors, ministers, entrepreneurs, scientists, pilots, politicians; in OAU, in Nigeria and in the world at large and we do not have to subject ourselves under men to do this. We are not competing with men, no we are not, we only want a better world which by the power of our feministic minds we have been able to draw up. We can change the world or our world. There is no limitation for she that aspires if she does not see it.

#ThisTimeLadiesWillHoldTheBaton

Bukk! Lee

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by Yemi Olutoye on September 7, 2015  •  Permalink
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Students’ Union Judicial Council Scraps 2.5 CGPA Criterium

The Judicial Council of the Students’ Union, OAU has nullified the 2.5 CGPA benchmark for contesting SU elections.

This ruling was given in respect to JC/2015/001, an eligibility suit between Counsel Olukolade Ehimosan, Jeff George and Omotayo Akande. The court’s verdict was given by Lord Chancellor Joshua Olorunda on the 6th of August after listening to both sides at three separate hearings.

Also, Suit JC/2015/002, an order of mandamus to bar Ibiyemi Awotiwon from being sworn in as Secretary-General of the Students’ Union, was withdrawn. This was following a decision by Ibiyemi Awotiwon and Hon. Seun Oketooto to sheath swords.

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by Yemi Olutoye on August 8, 2015  •  Permalink
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Parliament Suspends OAU’s Students’ Union President

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.

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A copy of the letter the president wrote to the VC

Yemi Olutoye contributed to this feature.

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by Yemi Olutoye on August 1, 2015  •  Permalink
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Apply for OAU’s Students’ Union Scholarship Scheme

The students union scholarship scheme is opened to indigent students.

Application can be submitted online via indelibleimpactscholarships@gmail.com or the form can be collected for free at the Students’ union building.

Applications online should contain names, matric number, address, department, parent/guardian address and phone number. Plus a statement indicating why you should be considered.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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by Yemi Olutoye on July 21, 2015  •  Permalink
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