Adebowale Damilola Elected As IRSA President

'Jọba Ọ̀jẹ̀labí November 22, 2019 Leave a Reply

By Pelumi Hassan

The Faculty of Administration, OAU earlier this week welcomed another President as members International Relations Student Association, IRSA elected another president. The election was conducted at the basement of the faculty on November 20. The electoral process started as early as 9:00 am and it ended at 3:00 pm. The collation of the election results started almost immediately and the result was announced between the hour of 3-4 pm. It was a free and fair election as the students voted for the candidates of their choice via E-voting. All they had to do was to log into their Eportal accounts to vote.

This process was considered stress free as even the President-elect, Adebowale Damilola said, "Personally I think the incorporation of the E-voting using our Eportal as made the process less stressful and also free and fair as possible limiting the chances of having issues. The election went well and IRSA students voted for those who they believe deserve to be voted for". He also commended the Electoral Committee for the job well done.

The IRSA students were proud of how simple the election was. An IRSA student said," I love the fact that it was just stress-free."

A total of sixteen candidates contested in the election and only ten candidates won. The winners and the result of the election are below;

President

Total Votes: 210

ADEYEMO BENJAMIN (EXCEL.)- 75

ADEBOWALE DAMILOLA (DAMMY)- 129

Vice President

Total Votes: 210

AKINPELU IDOWU SULIYAT( ID)- 96

BOLARINWA ESTHER (PAMILERIN)- 88

Ojelade Mary Yejide (Yejis)- 21

General Secretary