AKOKITES APPOINT LEADERS

The students of The University of Lagos held elections into offices across the various departments and faculties in the school to elect representatives that would lead them for the 2013/2014 academic session between the 10th and 18th February 2014. Ifeoma Nwalisi- 300L, English; Modiu Olaguro-400L, Education Math; Godwin Oyewunmi- 200L, Medicine; Adeyemi Olalemi-400L, Education Physics; Chizoba Nwajei- 300L, English  Reports.

FACULTY OF ARTS

With the exception of the post of the President, Vice president, Assistant General Secretary and Welfare director, all other positions were unopposed. Departmental elections were held concurrently with the faculty elections.

Females emerged as presidents in the Department of English and Philosophy respectively. They are Chiamaka Gift Oduah and Oluiji Sarah Oluwabukola.

There were credibility issues in the electoral process in the English Department as misunderstanding aroused due to the disqualification of some aspirants and fielding of some on the day of the election. As was expected, there were apathy among voters which might be due to the just concluded examinations and the closure of some halls of residence.

The following students emerged as the student representatives in the Faculty of Arts for the 2013/2014 academic session: Fatunbi Jimmy (English)- President, Michael Aderibigbe (History)- Vice President, Odebode John Oluwamuyiwa (Philosophy)- General Secretary, Oluwalore Tobi Destiny (Philosophy)- Assistant General Secretary, Ekuh Chuks Harrison- Social Director, Dipo Muhammed (Philosophy)-Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Opasola (Philosophy)- Welfare Director, Salome Oyerinde (Philosophy)-Financial Secretary and Sylvanus Aiganbekong (English)- Sports Director.

Fatunbi Jimmy won the presidential election with a total number of 394 votes ahead of Ezekiel Ajibola who had 241 votes.

FACULTY OF PHARMACY

All the posts were unopposed, so elections did not hold according to the electoral guidelines.  Faith Ngonadi was elected President, Adeola Aminu- Vice President and Isreal Imoru as the treasurer.

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The Faculty of Environmental Sciences had all positions unopposed except the post of the General Secretary which was won by Paul Babalola with 147 votes against Mogaji who had 126 votes.

The following were the unopposed positions and their winners: Abayomi Oriyomi- President, Olanrewaju Oseni- Vice President, Moyosore Odekunle- Assistant General Secretary, Alaba Otukoya- Sport Director, Yusuf Kareem- Financial Secretary and Chinedu Egunije who was elected as the Social Secretary.

 FACULTY OF EDUCATION

The elections in the Faculty of Education was fiercely contested which was eminent due the caliber of the contestants and the fact that examination was still on in the faculty which made most of the students to be available for voting.

The manifesto was held on the 13th of February while the election was held the following day between 9am and 3pm.

The offices that had no oppositions were: the Vice President’s office won by Kazeem Ayo Adeyanju, Assistant General Secretary- Damilola Deborah, Financial Secretary- Eze Joseph, Sport Secretary- Ibrahim Kalejaiye and the Welfare Secretary won by Babatunde Ademolekan.

AbdulRasak Afeez Akanji who was the out-gone Public Relations Officer lost the presidential seat to Razak Olaniyan with a total vote of 538 and 963 respectively; the post of General Secretary was won by Stephen Onyiburemeh with 763 votes beating Noah Dauda who had 666 votes. A total of 951 votes were enough to elect Damilola Majiyagbe who was challenged by Daniel Oyeniran who pulled 404 votes.

Chinyere obi lost the post of Social Director to Morayo Rashidat Ipaye who had 536 votes as against 914. The public relations officer was won by Imole Agbojule who pulled a total number of 755 votes to beat Muritala Bello and Joseph SchooJ who had 390 and 303 votes respectively.

The election, though peaceful and had large turnout of voters was almost marred with discrepancies as some students were caught either trying to vote more than once or with identity cards that belonged to someone else.

The skillfulness of the electoral committee headed by Kehinde Lawal Kamoli made sure that at least two persons were caught and handed over to the securities.

FACULTY OF EDUCATION DISSOLVES HOUSE

As counting and collation of votes was going on in the faculty of teachers, the legislative arm was dissolving the House of Representatives.

The house, which consists of thirty legislators, spread over the six departments, had four principal officers in the person of Miss Bolatito Idowu Odunlami- Speaker, Yusuf Oluwatobi Arikewuyo- Deputy Speaker, Adetayo Sunday Adelana- Clerk of the house, and Daniel Oluwatobi Inino- Chief Whip.

The new principal officers were elected by the nomination of the legislators after which an open ballot election was conducted in cases where more than one person was nominated: Titus Adebowale Adeyara and Micheal Yahaya sits as the Speaker and Clerk of the house as they had no contenders.

Ayodeji Micheal lost the post of Chief Whip to Oluwaseun Solabi with three to twenty-two votes while the Deputy speaker was won by Blessing Ufot with seventeen votes beating Balqees Ajibowu who had eight votes.