Students' Union Water Project Is A White Elephant Project -Mozambique Hall Chairperson

The Chairperson of Mozambique Halls of Residence, Miss Ashimolowo Jumoke has described the water project executed by the Central Executive Council of the Ibikunle-led administration in her Hall as a white elephant project.

As parts of projects earn marked for inspection by the Union officers during the Union's inspection tour, the completed water system installation in Angola Hall and the one located at the upper part of Mozambique Hall were inspected by teaming stakeholders of the Unions including press men. In what seems to be a deal gone sore between the Hall Executive Council(HEC) members of Mozambique Hall and members of the Central Executive Council(CEC), the Chairperson of the Hall repeatedly affirmed that the waster installation in her Hall has not lived up to its expectation as it does not serve any meaningful purpose since it has been completed.
"This is not serving Mozambique queens"

"It is only serving this floor (she pointed to the nearest floor to the tap)" She reiterated

The Union president, Ibikunle Isaac in his reaction expressed shock at the statement of the Chairperson. He debunked Jumoke's allegation and stated the refusal of the C.E.C to collaborate with her team to execute the project as her reason for saying such thing. To further substantiate his claim, he ordered that the person in charge of the installation should come around and switch it on. Water eventually gushed out of the tap even though when the tour train reached the point, the place was dry having scores of empty buckets around waiting to fetch.

Angolans too were not left out in the dissatisfaction expression as they complained that the water installation in their Hall has not been serving them well even when the Union President had tagged the project as just been a palliative measure to alleviate their sufferings when the water supply from the school dam ceases.

Students' Union Leaders Inspect Ongoing Projects

• Ibikunle-led administration inherited N1.4m from Fjay's tenure

• OAU Students' Union acquire 2 aluta jets

The 11th of January, 2015 was set by the administration of the Students’ Union to bring Press men/ladies and Student Stake Holders together for an interactive session on the projects embarked on and to inspect the projects. 

At the beginning of the interactive session, the Secretary General of the Union, Shittu Ibrahim Olatayo, stated the reasons for the pre-meeting to be for intimating participants about the projects and to let everyone know that there has been no embezzlement of the Union’s funds. He added that the amount of money the current Union administration expected from the University management totaled N18million being the cumulative dues for the three years in which the Union was proscribed. He however put the total amount of money generated in the current tenure from students’ dues between N6 and 8 million, and that the University management has released less than N5 million and it is on the basis of this that projects are been carried out. “There is nothing like N18 million anywhere in the budget we made”, he said.

The President, Ibikunle Isaac M., then took the podium to state the principles of leadership as accountability, transparency and promise of hope, all of which he claimed the leadership is working with, and without which the administration would be doing nothing. He further states: “The administration started with no cash especially during the struggle. There was problem of fund because there was a problem with the transfer of signatories from the previous administration. It was after the school fees increment struggle that N1.4 million from the Fredrick Joel administration was transferred to the administration. First instalment of N2.2 million to the Union was paid by the University Management after the budget was passed and on the 31st of December 2014, the second instalment of N2.1 million was released”.

The president also said that it was from the accumulation of these funds that several expenditures were carried out such as the Freshers’ party, the purchase of two buses (“Jet 2” and “Jet 3” of which “Jet 2” is yet to arrive), the purchase of DSTV for the SUB TV room, purchase of an additional television to the SUB, facelift of the SUB Conference room, the construction of pedestrian bridges between Akintola and Fajuyi Halls and between Fajuyi and Awolowo Hall (which are yet to be completed), and bore holes in Angola and Mozambique Halls. Other proposed projects include making available daily newspapers at the Students’ Union building, a 1,532 bedspace mixed students’ hall of residence (the point of this is however that the current administration wants to start the project for subsequent administrations to continue and complete), an OAU app in the nature of Facebook and LinkedIn is also been worked on and the developer confirmed that it is about 95% completed.

On the bridges, the Welfare Officer in the person of Ajewole Martins said the initial amount budgeted for the two pedestrian bridges was N305,000 but an additional amount of N20,000 was necessary to augment the payment. “On the bore holes, they are not the main source of water”, the president said, “they are just to help augment the school’s regular water supply”. The amount budgeted for the bore hole projects was N215,000 but as it is now, N280,000 has been spent and the contractor who did the work is still been owed, according to the administration.


Credits: ACJ Press Team & Lukmon Fasasi

Ali Baba Gifts OAU First Class Graduate N1m

January 1st, 2015 was a day to cherish for Oluwasegun Famisa, a first class graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, as he celebrated the new year with a gift of N1 million from popular Nigerian philanthropist, Ali Baba Akporobome.

The Electrical Engineering graduate got the cash reward for his outstanding academic performance during the January 1st Concert organized by the King of Comedy, Ali Baba, at the Eko Hotels convention centre.

Oluwasegun also got a job offer from the Executive Director of Heritage Bank, Mrs. Mary Akporobome, who is also the wife of Ali Baba.
The first class graduate expressed his happiness at the event and thanked Ali Baba for the gifts.

He promised to continue working hard in any environment he finds himself in order to be the best.

Ali baba concert winner

Top comedians like Omo Baba, Okey Bakassi, Bovi, Koffi, Funny Bone, AY, Princess, Helen Paul, Sheyi Law and a host of others made the event worthwhile with their rib-cracking jokes.

Also popular music stars like Tuface, Omawumi, Timi Dakolo, Dammy Krane, Sound Sultan and Tiwa Savage, kept the crowd cheering.



SOURCE: CAMPUS PORTAL NEWSPAPER

Christiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA Ballon d'or

Real Madrid attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2014 Fifa Ballon d'Or ahead of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, scooping up the prestigious individual award for the third time in his career.

Ronaldo enjoyed a hugely successful 2014, in which he guided Madrid to Champions League glory by netting a record 17 goals in one campaign, and earned 37.66 per cent of the votes.

Additionally, the prolific attacker played an integral part in the Santiago Bernabeu side's Copa del Rey win by netting three goals in six appearances, even if he missed the final against Barcelona due to injury.

On an individual level, the 29-year-old won the Liga top scorer award by scoring 31 goals in 30 appearances, which also saw him crowned joint-winner of the European Golden Shoe together with Luis Suarez.

Ronaldo becomes the seventh player in history to successfully defend his Ballon d'Or title after Johan Cruyff, Kevin Keegan, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten and Messi.

The Portugal international was first voted the world's best in 2008, when he pipped Messi and Fernando Torres to the coveted trophy. He then had to settle for second spot in 2009, 2011 and 2012 before winning the award a second time in 2013, this time ahead of Messi and Franck Ribery.

The former Manchester United star has moved level with Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten on three wins, with only Messi ahead of him on four Ballon d'Or trophies.

"I want to thank my mother, my family. I would like to thank all those who voted for me, my coach, my fellow players, the president of the club," Ronaldo commented while collecting the award.

"It has been an unforgettable year. To win this trophy, a trophy of this kind, is something unique, and like I say, I want to continue working as I have so far, trying to go on and win more titles both individually and as a team, for my mother, for my father who is up there looking at me, my son, and to become better.

"I would like to say to the Portuguese: I never thought I would win this trophy on three separate occasions. Of course it is something that is always with me - I want to become one of the greatest players of all time and I hope to get there. I want to thank you all," concluded the Madrid star before leaving the stage with a loud roar.

Messi, meanwhile, made it to the podium for the seventh time in succession after he was crowned all-time top goalscorer of La Liga and the Champions League in 2014, and amassed 15.76% of the final vote.

Neuer missed out on the chance to become the first goalkeeper to win the award since Lev Yashin in 1963 after guiding Germany to World Cup glory and winning the Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal with Bayern. He earned 15.72% of the vote.


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18 Undergraduate Scholarships You Should Look Out For In 2015

As 2015 begin, as an undergraduate in Nigeria, it is very important to keep these scholarship opportunities in mind.

I have compiled a list of scholarship opportunities that you can apply for this year 2015.

1. MTN Foundation Scholarship For 200L
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7. Agbami Medical & Engineering Scholarship For 100/200L
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9. NNPC/Addax Scholarship for 100L
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10. Total E & P Scholarship For 100L/200L
Worth N150,000
11. NWAG Scholarship
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12. SNEPCo Scholarship For 100L

13. MUSTE Undergraduate Scholarships for Nigerian Students (All levels)

14. BAT Iseyin Agronomy (BATIA) Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme

15. PTDF Scholarship For 200L
Worth N150,000 Plus Laptop during first payment.

16. ABC Transport Scholarship For 100L
Worth N100,000

17. Federal Government Scholarship Award For 200/300/400L
Worth N150,000

18. Wells Mountain Foundation Scholarship (All Levels)
Worth Varies
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We will try our best to update you once applications for these scholarship offers commence! Just stay glued to OAU Peeps News Agency so as to get the latest!

Olori Releases Beautiful New Year Pictures

See the beautiful pictures posted by the Students' Union Vice President, Oladejo Funmi a.k.a Olori on her FB wall recently

Students' Union Finally Call For Congress

Just as the Students' Union President, Ibikunle Isaac mentioned earlier this week during his 'welcome back to campus' movement across Halls of Residence, a Congress of Great Ife students has finally been called. The Congress has been scheduled to hold between the hours of 2pm and 4pm on Wednesday, 14th January, 2015.

Though the agenda of the Congress has not been made public as at the time of filing this report but it is quite obvious that there are lot of issues to address ranging from the review of the struggle against the fee hike to the approaches employed at reinstating the suspended students.

Continuous and intensified clamour for Congresses was a popular demand during the last semester by many students who feel that is the only way the so called ongoing wrongs in the Students' Union can be addressed. The Save OAU Campaign group, Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Democratic Socialists Movement (DSM) among many other groups have raised their voices of call for a students' Congress.

The Union officers including the President have said all through last semester that Congresses will only be called at the appropriate time and not just a congress where only few students will come and stampede to favour their motives. While some students believe the Union officers are scared of calling a Congress that may possibly check their balances leading to their possible suspension and impeachment, others believe the Union officers have the right discretion to call a Congress as at when due.