Very Important Instruction For OAU Fresh Students As Registration Commences

The Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has approved that the University should resume for the 2014/2015 academic session on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015

The highlights are as follow:
April 6, 2015 – On-Line Screening for fresh student Commences.
May 3, 2015 – Fresh Students come into Residence for 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester.
May 4, 2015 – On-Line Registration for Courses for 2014/2015 Harmattan Semester Commences.
May 4- May10, 2015 – Orientation Week for Fresh Students.
May 11 – May 15, 2015 – Clearance at Faculty and Admission Offices.
May 10, 2014 – Returning Undergraduate Resume.
May 11, 2015 – Harmattan Semester Lectures Begin
May 20, 2015 – Faculty/ Student Colloquium
June 2, 2015 – End of Normal Registration for courses
June 3, 2015 – Late Registration with Penalty
June 16, 2015 – End of Late Registration with Penalty
June 16, 2015 – MATRICULATION

INSTRUCTIONS TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FOR THE 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
Candidates who made Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice and took the Obafemi Awolowo University Post UTME are advised to check their names from the list of candidates admitted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on the Obafemi Awolowo University Website (www.oauife.edu.ng) or e-portal.oauife.edu.ng and follow the procedures for registration as laid out. Confirmation of admission on the OAU website shall commence with the payment of non-refundable acceptance fee of N20, 000.00 (fresh students only).

Candidates shall thereafter continue with the registration procedure as detailed out on the e-portal of the website as provided above i.e. (www.oauife.edu.ng) or e-portal.oauife.edu.ng.

Candidates are required to pay appropriate charges as indicated below with a copy of payment slip downloaded on OAU e-portal to any of the branches of the following banks:

Zenith Bank Plc United Bank for Africa Plc Access Bank Plc
Skye Bank Plc IBTC Stanbic Bank Plc Fidelity Bank Plc
First Bank Plc Diamond Bank Plc Manstreet Bank Plc
ECO Bank Plc WEMA Bank Plc Union Bank Plc
Guarantee Trust Bank Plc

The schedule of other charges for the session is as detailed below:

(A) I. 2014/2015 MISCELLANEOUS/DEPARTMENTAL CHARGES FOR FRESH UNDERGRADUATE, DIPLOMA AND DIRECT ENTRY STUDENTS
FACULTY/PROGRAMMES CHARGES PER SESSION

LAW/ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCES/ADMIN/EDU.ARTS N43,700 Per Session
SCIENCE/EDM/EDUC. SCIENCE/TECH/AGRIC N54,700 Per Session
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCE, CLINICAL SCIENCE, DENTISTRY/PHARMACY N57,700 Per Session

2. and a Development Levy of Eighteen thousand naira (N18,000.00), which is paid once and for all by Fresh Students throughout the duration of their studentship in the University.
i) Faculty of Administration (Diploma in Local Government Studies) Tuition – 63,300.00
TISHIP (Tertiary Institutions Students Health Insurance Prog.) – 1,600.00
TOTAL N64,900.00
ii) Accommodation: – N3,090.00
(Freshmen will be provided accommodation on first come first served basis)

II. OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR 2014/2015 REGISTRATION OF FRESHMEN
Candidates who have been offered admission should upload their credentials including Birth Certificate/Sworn Declaration of Age. Each candidate will be required to submit his/her Registration certificate Form as downloaded to the Faculty Secretary. They will also be required to present the print out of the certificate form for further screening on resumption.

III. SCREENING OF FRESH STUDENTS
All screening are to be done on-line. All freshmen are expected to complete their screening before they come to campus.

IV. PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING THE E-PORTAL:
1. Log on to the University e-portal using your Registration Number and the Password you used last on the portal.
2. Complete the following forms correctly on the e-Portal.
(i) CERTIFICATE FORM (for not more than two sittings)
(ii) BIO-DATA
(iii) COURSE REGISTRATION FORM
(iv) BED SPACE CLEARANCE FORM (Optional)
The Course Registration Form will only be available upon:
(a) Successful filling of forms (i) and (ii) above.
(b) Payment of appropriate Charges at the banks.
Please note that 2000 spaces only are available for each of the Special Electives except SER 001 and LIB 001, which are compulsory for all Fresh Students.
3. Problems, if any, will be addressed on-line using any of the following options:
(i) Online help in the e-portal
(ii) Six Hotlines will be available for contact (the Hot lines will be available on the e-portal)
(iii) E-mail:- isis@oauife.edu.ng can be used as well.
3.
B. 2014/2015 MISCELLANEOUS/DEPARTMENTAL CHARGES FOR RETURNING UNDERGRADUATE AND DIPLOMA STUDENTS
FACULTY/PROGRAMMES CHARGES PER SESSION
LAW/ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCES/ADMIN/EDU.ARTS N19,700 Per Session
LAW/ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCES/ADMIN/EDU.ARTS (Extra Semester Rain/Harmattan) N19,700
SCIENCE/EDM/EDUC. SCIENCE/TECH/AGRIC N30,700 Per Session
SCIENCE/EDM/EDUC. SCIENCE/TECH/AGRIC (Extra Semester Rain/Harmattan) N30,700
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCE, CLINICAL SCIENCE, DENTISTRY/PHARMACY N33,700 Per Session
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCE, CLINICAL SCIENCE, DENTISTRY/PHARMACY (Extra Semester Rain/Harmattan) N33,700
LATE REGISTRATION FOR COURSES N2,000.00
ACCOMODATION (RETURNING STUDENT) N2,590.00
(i) Faculty of Administration, (Diploma in Local Returning Students N55, 300.00
Government Studies)
(ii) Faculty of Administration, (Diploma in Local Extra Semester N54, 050.00
Government Studies) (Rain/Harmattan)
Returning Students are required to pay the appropriate charges as indicated above as well as a sum of N1, 600 for TISHIP (Tertiary Institutions Students Health Insurance Programme) into designated accounts in the banks listed above.
Students with extra semester(s) are required to pay appropriate charges including TISHIP as indicated above. They should in addition, obtain clearance from their Heads of Departments to enable them log on to the e-portal for registration.
Students should access the e-portal from any Cyber Café anywhere for their registration as stipulated above.

BED SPACE ALLOCATION:
Fresh undergraduates and final year students will request for Bed Space Allocation placement directly on the e-portal and payment of appropriate fees including accommodation. Candidates will be required to print 3 copies of Bed Space Clearance Forms from the e-portal which must be duly signed by the student and the Hall warden.

Students are required to keep one of the completed Bed Space Allocation Forms, submit one to the Dean, Student Affairs and the last copy to Hall Warden to qualify him/her to OCCUPY the bed space allocated. Please note that failure to submit the Bed Space Clearance Forms automatically disqualifies the Bed Space Allocation.

Apart from fresh undergraduate students, final year students are also given priority for accommodation. Other spaces available (if any) will be balloted for.

On behalf of the University administration, we wish all students a wonderful, peaceful and rewarding 2014/2015.



Please do ask questions if you are not clear about anything.

OAU Decides 2015: Faculty Of Sciences Results

Elections started very late in Faculty of Sciences as against the earlier announced time. BOOB was used as the polling unit as all the departments(Botany, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Zoology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology & Physics) in the faculty had to come down there to vote. The turn-out there was quite impressive as the faculty had one of the highest voters.

There was a problem of Ballot Paper shortage as many voters had to go back to their hall disenfranchised. Below are the results of the elections in Faculty of Science:

The Welfare Officer

Secre Nene - 107

Chinko - 322

Baba-D - 009

Hakim - 015
Void - 015

The Financial Secretary

Herkinz - 029
Godson - 119
Jerry - 074
AY-SUG - 225
Void - 026

The Director of Sports

Binzu - 172
Faleti - 099
Coach - 167
Void - 026

The Director of Socials and Culture

Phenol - 157
Igba - 136
Shomo Davies - 149
Don Kings - 005
Void - 26

The Public Relations Officer 

Abbey - 014
Ogidan - 039
Samysynthesis - 174
Austine - 005
Immanuel Kant - 214
Void - 025

The Assistant Secretary General

Kelvino - 274
Jesse Luther King - 167
Void - 032

The Secretary General 

Ibiyemi - 095
Hon. Seun - 094
Captain - 217
Sammy H Peters - 030
Void - 037

The Vice President 

Oprah - 336
Pearl - 122
Void - 015

The President

Azaro - 003
Phakoo - 067
Ojogbon - 004
Hon. Bright - 005
TY - 283
Great Paul - 093
AY Toes -001
Void - 017


We will bring to you results of other faculties once they finish counting them.

Re: A Call To Order By Muslim Students' Society Nigeria

By Ayodele Ibiyemi

On Wednesday, 18 March, I woke up to see a release pasted on notice boards in my hostel by the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria. It goes thus:

A Call to Order

Ordinarily it is not our habit to join issues with every Tom, Dick and Harry, but maintaining a pregnant silence in this instance may be tantamount to tacit approval of the dastardly act of insulting and mockery of other people’s faith.

The Muslim students in OAU hereby use this medium to call the attention of all and sundry to the sensitivity of the provocative actions of those who take perverse joy in mocking our faith in the name of celebrating their costume day.

We hereby warn severely those who choose to use the Islamic dress codes (both males and females) which are sacred symbols of Islam; as garments for jest and mockery. This barbaric act is offensive to our faith and would not be taken with levity.

Those behind these actions should bear in mind that this reprehensible action of theirs is capable of disrupting the peaceful atmosphere in the university, a similar case which happened in the University of Ibadan (where a non-Muslim who wore the Muslim attire was mobbed) is still fresh in memory and we would not want an occurrence of such situation in this University.

Another area of concern is the possibility of the use of this Islamic attires by non-Muslims to impersonate and perpetrate heinous crimes while portraying Islam in bad light.

On a final note, we hereby issue a stern warning to any individual or group that choose to allow their hedonistic inclination to becloud their sense of reasoning to the extent of having no regard for other people’s faith. While Islam respects other people’s religion, it also has zero tolerance for the mockery of its symbols.

“And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allaah, lest they insult Allaah wrongfully without knowledge. Thus, we have made fair-seeming to each people its own doings; then to their Lord is their return and He shall inform them of all that they used to do” (Suratul- An’aam verse 108)

“O you who believe, take not as protectors, helpers, and friends those who take your religion as a mockery and fun from among those who received the scriptures (Jews and Christians) before you, and nor from among the disbelievers; and Fear Allaah if you indeed are true believers.” (Suratul Maidah verse 57).

General Secretary, MSSN



I deem the release offensive and here is a rejoinder:

Re: A Call to Order

To go straight to the point, this is a reaction to a statement released by the General Secretary of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Chapter which ‘sternly’ warns people from wearing Islamic religious clothing for the departmental costume days. I agree that it is quite sensitive to wear sacred clothing representing other faiths mockingly, especially in a religiously delicate society that we have now created. While other faiths are affected by this act, using that as an excuse would be lame because it is not stated in the codes of other religions that it is wrong and most other religions do not even have official clothing, only clothing either copied from other countries or derived by spiritual leaders.

It was written that ‘This barbaric act is offensive to our faith and it would not be taken with levity.’ That is a threat which itself is capable of inciting people. In a secular state where we all have complete freedom to wear anything as long as it does not contravene the university Dress Code which was recently revised and publicized.

As a matter of fact, it is our Muslim sisters who are contravening the University law by wearing veils which covers their identity. On the issue of ‘the possibility of the use of these Islamic attires by non-Muslims to impersonate and perpetuate heinous crimes thereby portraying Islam in a bad light.’ I believe that MSSN is only avoiding the big issue and taking up the minor and inconsequential one, the University Management, a few weeks back issued a statement on the Dress Code for members of the University Community which states that ‘the identities of all students MUST be revealed at all times.’ While this is a sane law, considering the state of security in our nation and the secular nature of our society, we all know that the law does not cater for the Muslim sisters who wear veils. While this is right according to their faith, it is inconsistent with the law of a community they voluntarily joined.

If not for religious tolerance, what we should do anytime we see any veiled Muslim sister in our hostels or in the academic area is to alert the security unit of the University or hold her down and demand for her identity to be revealed. If only we had been doing what we are supposed to do, maybe MSSN would have had bigger issues to contend with. A Muslim friend, while attempting to justify the release said that maybe they are already working on reconciling the law and the Islamic faith but even if they are doing anything, it is not enough because I know the trauma a Muslim colleague of mine goes through each time we are to write an exam.

By citing the UI incident, they mean that it is possible for Muslims to mob anyone who wears purportedly Muslim attire in a manner they deem offensive, that would amount to breaking the law and I am extremely sure that people from other faiths won’t let the issue slide. Another question is this: What exactly is ‘offensive’? When does wearing a cloth I like become offensive in a secular democracy? Whose law would that be? People wear Jalabias as nightwears or casual wears and it has even become a fashion trend amongst youth nowadays.

That can only work in a ‘Sharia’ state and not a secular state like ours. They cannot bring what obtains in the Arab world down here and we need to agree with the fact that we only practice a syncretized version of the ‘revealed’ religions and our cultures as Africans. When I consulted with a respected Muslim colleague, he told me that it is offensive to mock Islam as stated in the Holy Quran but nowhere is it expressly stated in the Quran that Muslims should attack or mob those who do it. If all religious associations attack everyone who they feel is mocking their religions then we would all become murderers in the name of religion.

On a final note, MSSN does not have any right or authority to issue a ‘stern warning’ to anyone except Muslims who are members of the society, what they should have done is to discourage people from doing what they deem offensive to their religion. As a student and a stakeholder in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, I hereby demand that MSSN retract the offensive statement they released. I wish us all a peaceful existence in Ife. Thank you.

Ayodele Ibiyemi
@Ayo_Eagles

OAU 2013/2014 Rain Semester Examination Timetable

You can now download/check the timetable for the 2013/2014 Rain semester examination timetable online.

According to the timetable, examinations will start on 31st March and end on 24th April, 2015

Click here to download/check

BREAKING NEWS: Management Releases 109-man Indictment List As Union Election Commences

Just like the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Ikudayisi Johnson has said during a press conference on Friday morning that the commission is expecting the traditional list of indicted students for the forth-coming Students’ Union election, the management of Obafemi Awolowo University has late yesterday evening reeled out the names of some 109 students who are allegedly currently been indicted.

As at the time of filing this report, the names of these 109 students are neither yet to be made public nor a concrete detail of their indictment explained as the commission leadership is currently meeting on the matter and promises to relay resolutions later to the press.

The Electoral Commission has earlier said that despite its resolution that it will not accept students who had participated in students’ protest within reasonable jurisdiction in time past as truly indicted, the commission will also not protect any indicted student found wanting of genuine allegations leveled against him or her.

“The Commission has resolved that certain students would not be permitted to aspire to Leadership Positions in the forthcoming elections as it is expected that Leaders in any society should not be people of questionable character or behaviour. This Commission will therefore not permit anybody she considers unfit for Leadership roles in the forthcoming elections. The decision as to who might and who might not contest will be based on the discretion of the Commission after the disciplinary committee list which would be given by the School Management has been consulted”

“Let me make this clear, this commission will not protect someone who has stolen before, this commission will not protect someone who has been involved in examination malpractice before, and this commission will not protect someone who has been jailed before.” Ikudayisi Johnson affirmed

It will be recalled that an indictment list was also given by the management to the 2014 Habeeb-led Electoral Commission  which contained the names of some prominent contestants including ENGELS (Secretary-General), MANDELA (President), ANCHOR (Vice President) and CHOCO MILO (Awo Hall Chairman) who were eventually suspended after the elections.

Examinations To Begin March 31st

In what seems to be like a no going back on the previous decision of the university management of Obafemi Awolowo University, the newly pasted time-table has revealed that the Rain sememster examinations will commence on March 31st, 2015.

Confirming this was via tweets by the outgone Students' Union president, Ibikunle Isaac Motunrayo, he wrote: "On the rumored election break: please disregard the rumour. Exams start March 31st as earlier scheduled"

“Some Almajiris Invaded SUB On Thursday” –Electoral Commission

The Electoral Commission has revealed that some almajiris were at the Ken Saro Wiwa Students’ Union Building to cause mayhem on Thursday when asked by pressmen if the Ikudayisi-led commission has received any security threat since its constitution.

This shocking revelation was made by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Ikudayisi Johnson a.k.a Ekiti while addressing the press on how far the commission has gone on its preparation towards the forth-coming Students’ Union elections.

“Some almajiri came here yesterday, the two of them are suspended. These people came from the almajiri’s ancestry” Johnson said

It became obvious in the course of the chairman’s explanation that the supposed almajiris are some suspended students who are yet to be reinstated and a rusticated admitted student. According to the commission, their grievances and concerns were that the proposed Union elections cannot commence because of the short period allowed for campaign thereby proposing that the elections be held during examination time. These alleged invaders also accused the Electoral Commission of purposely scheduling the election the way it is to favour their candidates for the election.

The Commission however said it is not moved by any of the claims of these ones because they are not coming from legitimate students.

“Students who can access their e-portal are not even raising concerns but it is the almajiris that are doing that. If any issue is going to come out, let our legitimate students do this and not almajiris”

Still bordering on security matters, the Electoral Commission has also resolved not to allow any person into the venues that will be used for the manifestoes of the Students’ Union elections once such is not wearing his or her university Identity Card(ID Card). This decision was taken to forestall the repetition of security breach experienced during the previous elections. The commission enjoins all students that will be coming for the Manifestoes at all levels to come wearing their ID Cards to prevent any form of embarrassment.