Fresh Allegation Of Fund Embezzlement Emerges As Ibikunle's Tenure Ends

The controversy plagued Ibikunle-led 2013/2014 parliamentary session may not have totally gone as fresh allegation of fund embezzlement and corruption emerges.

The already dissolved Halls Committee comprising the Chairpersons and Secretaries of the eight(8) undergraduate halls of residences via her Chairman, Akintimehin Andrew in a Release titled 'How Ibikunle & Oye Embezzled HEC Money' has said the outgoing Students' Union president, Ibikunle Isaac Motunrayo and the outgoing Students' Union Financial Secretary, Omolayo Oye have both decided to embezzle the N2.2m Union allocation that was released recently. This allegation is coming barely 2 weeks after the controversial Union elections were held.

Below is the Press Statement from the Halls Committee:

Solidarity greeting to the entire Great Ife Students from the halls committee of great ife student’s union Obafemi Awolowo university 2013/2014 parliamentary session, According to our Sacrosanct Constitution Article iii, section 42(1a,b&c) There shall be Halls Committee comprising of all Hall Chairpersons and the Hall secretaries. Article iii section 41 subsection iii states also that The Hall Executive Councils shall be entitled to a subvention of not less than fifteen percent of the Central Executive Budget for every parliamentary year and such subventions shall be distributed between all the Halls on ratio based on population per Hall.

Greatest ife and articulate Ife, if we keep quiet and let it go saying that some of us are graduating and moreover it is union money it is not our father’s money, even if we let go of the money our conscience will forever judge us and posterity will hold us responsible.

Death isn’t the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live….Norman Cousins

Some people might be asking why is this release coming at this point in time when the 2013/2014 students’ union executives have been dissolved and new executives have been elected, Greatest ife there is an adage that says "we manage to see even when we cry’’ so far so good the Ibikunle led administration which has been tagged as the most Corrupt Administration in the History of OAU Students’ Union received N5,927,926.56 with another N2.2million that was released some days before the last students’ union election to the students’ union account.

The Halls committee led by Hon. Akin(Fajuyi hall chairman) put a call across to Ibikunle, and Omolayo oye, over the Hall Executive Council (HEC) Subventions which was stated in our sacrosanct constitution it was then that we got to know that Ibikunle and oye had spent the 15% that belonged to hall executive council (HEC).

As constitutionally guided students, we wrote a letter to the Students Representatives Council (SRC) mandating the CEC to release our money, the SRC did as proposed by HEC by giving the CEC 72hours ultimatum to disburse our entitlement, but to our greatest surprise, the Leaders and some members of SRC i.e Speaker, Deputy speaker, B&F Chairman and his Secretary, Hon phenom from Agric etc, who mandated Ibikunle and Oye to release our subventions were the one pleading on behalf of Ibikunle that we should not allow this issue to be hijacked by some persons on campus just after the SRC sitting.

For peace and unity in our Union with pleading and lobby the Hall Executive Council (HEC) agreed upon an agreement letter that was signed by both HEC & CEC and N400, 000 was released from the supposed N885,000 , pending the time the last installment of the union money would be released by the management when the balance of N450, 000 with the 15% of whatever money that would be released will be given to HEC after 72hours of receipt, the Halls accepted the N400,000 which was shared as follows:

Awolowo Hall  N64,000
Fajuyi Hall N60,000
Mozambique Hall N57,000
Angola Hall N52,000
Moremi Hall N50,000
Akintola Hall N42,000
ETF Hall N40,000
Alumni Hall N35,000

Greatest ife and Articulate ife, since the release of that N400,000 Ibikunle and Oye had not been responding to HEC saying that no money had been released, surprisingly, some days before the last Students Union elections, we heard that N2.2million was released to the Union account as the last installment by the management, we put calls across to Ibikunle and Oye to release the HEC subvention that they were owing us, what they told us was that the union had been dissolved and they cannot release any money to HEC again, three days after we heard that Ibikunle and Oye were fighting over Union money when Oye said he is entitled to N200,000 from the money that was released. We Called the Speaker of the SRC who has always been pleading on behalf of Ibikunle to speak with Ibikunle and Oye to disburse our remaining subvention. Exert from Mr. Speaker Ramon Tiamiyu, and Hon. Akin's phone Conversation with . "You know my brother just left madam DSA’s office and she said your Halls week are illegal, why would they allow hall week to hold when the union has been dissolved and I told Speaker if our Halls week are illegal Mama DSA wouldn’t have come to attend Moremi hall week and she wouldn’t have even dropped money to support Moremi hall week".

Greatest ife and Articulate ife, though we have reported this case to the necessary authorities that Ibikunle and Oye should account for the last N2.2million that was released by the management since they claimed the union had been dissolved when the money was released, most of the chairpersons of 2013/2014 parliamentary session must have graduated by the time Ibikunle would be handing over union account.

We are writing this release for great ife students to read and most especially the elected representatives of the union under the administration that would be led by TY to audit the Ibikunle Led administration.

Secondly, to let students know that N2.2 million was released to Ibikunle and Oye when the union had been dissolved.

Thirdly, to let OAU students know that the chairmen and chairpersons of 2013/2014 parliamentary session were never in any way pact to the atrocities committed by Ibikunle and Oye.

The real reason for this is not because HEC was not given part of the money but we strongly believe that we are accountable to every great ife student.

Great ife students have the fundamental right to know how our collective monies and wealth were utilized, it should be recalled that HEC had to squize money from the rock just to execute halls week and our projects in the hall, while ibikunle was eating fat on our collective wealth even though it only reflects on his head and not in his body.

Greatest ife, if we must really eliminate corruption from this country we believe we must start from ourselves,let not quickly forget that F.Jay led admnistration kept 1.4 million for more than 3years even when there was no union and Ibikunle led administration had the opportunity of looting the money.

Our union tradition's and constitution greatly abhor corruption and inequality, but ibikunle has brutalized this and raped our constitution, It was in this union that an executive was impeached because he could not produce receipt for maggi, let alone this act of unaccountability by ibikunle's administration that Great Ife Students cannot checkmate and profer measures to see that ibikunle administration do not escape the consequence of their fraud to Great Ife Students.

‘'There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.’’… Andrew Carnegie

Greatest Ife, lastly we thank you all for your support and your assistance and for the opportunities given to us to serve you in our various halls of residence on campus. Thanks for being there when we needed you, thanks for believing in us, thanks for your support and constructive criticism, future offers most opportunity for our Earthly Apostolate.

Talent may be given, but Success you must learn as you continue with your Exams…best of Luck

Signed:
Akintimehin E. Andrew
Hon. Akin (Fajuyi hall chairman)
Chairman, Halls committee
2013/2014 parliamentary session

Resuscitate Nigeria’s Economy, OAU Lecturers Advise Buhari

Prof Ade Omisore, a lecturer at Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has advised the President-elect, Mohammed Buhari to resuscitate Nigeria’s economy.

Omisore gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Ile-Ife, Osun.

He appealed to Buhari to make the pronouncement by reversing the price of commodities that had been skyrocketing everyday immediately he is sworn-in as the president.

Omisore added that Buhari should ensure the foundation for this within his 100 days in office and ensure the supply of constant energy, good roads and water supply.

Also, Prof Olusola Ehindero, a former lecturer with the Faculty of Education, OAU, Ile-Ife, called on Buhari to regard the whole situation as not winner takes all in the interest of the nation’s unity.

Ehindero urged the president-elect to forget all the acrimonies associated with the elections and see himself as the father of the nation today.

He urged Buhari to make his first assignment to be national reconciliation, saying this is what Nigeria needed badly now.
The educationist said such would ensure that he would be productive and succeed in governance.

In this same vein, Mr Popoola Ogundoyin, the Chairman Petroleum and Marketer Association, Ile-ife, congratulated Nigerians for hitch-free general elections on March 28.

Ogundoyin commended President Goodluck Jonathan for conceding defeat and congratulated the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.
He said Jonathan has laid good example for coming generations to move democracy forward.

He noted that Buhari would experience challenges as presently there are no jobs, good hospitals, water; the naira devalued to zero level, corruption and insecurity among others.

Ogundoyin advised the president-elect to create jobs for the youth, establish new refineries, citing the example of Russia that still maintained its refinery for the past 70 years.

Contributing, Mr Sikiru Ayedun, a former Osun Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, lauded President Jonathan for accepting the outcome of the election.

Ayedun said that Nigeria was now growing in terms of political development, noting that Jonathan had proved himself as a great Nigerian and for which his name would be written on a platter of gold.

The commissioner counseled other politicians to emulate President Jonathan’s actions towards the general elections and know that it was only God that could install and dethrone.

He said that violence was not the best solution to political problems in Nigeria.


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Lagos Guber Poll: Audio Of What Oba Of Lagos Said To The Igbos

Before now, many people especially the supporters of All Progressives Congress(APC) have been saying the Oba of Lagos, HRM Oba Riliwanu Akinolu cannot make such statement to the Igbos in Lagos state. However, the audio clip of the tribal comments has eventually surfaced online.

Listen yourself


Extracted texts from the King's outburst

“On Saturday, if anyone of you goes against Ambode who I picked, that is your end. If it doesn’t happen within seven days, just know that I am a bastard and it is not my father who gave birth to me,” major national newspapers quoted the monarch as saying.

“Jonathan is my son and I speak to him everyday. By the grace of God, I am the owner of Lagos for the time being. This is an undivided chair. The palace belongs to the dead and those coming in the future.

“On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die inside this water.

“I’m not ready to beg you. Nobody knew how I picked Ambode. Jimi (Agbaje) is my blood relation and I told him that he cannot be governor in Lagos for now,” he said.

“The future belongs to God. I am not begging anybody, but what you people cannot do in Onitsha, Aba or anywhere, don’t do it here. If you do what I want, Lagos will continue to be prosperous for you. If you go against my wish, you will perish in the water.”


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SU President-elect, TY Appreciates OAU Students, Calls For Continued Support

The president-elect of the Great Ife Students' Union, Akande Omotayo a.k.a TY has appreciated students of Obafemi Awolowo University for coming out to vote for him during the much controversial Students' Union elections.

In a Press Statement released yesterday, TY expressed worries over failures by previous administrations of the Union to fight proscription, victimization, indictment, inimical increment and other anti-students development such as university under-funding, mass failure and outdated academic syllabus which debilitate the political consciousness and undermined the standard of education.

Below is the full Release

MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION

Greatest Ife,

‘In the battle between the conscienceless power and the powerless conscience, the former may win first but the latter will laugh last and laugh best’ Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi

With a deep sense of responsibility and all modicum of humility, it behooves me to appreciate the generality of great Ife students for entrusting on me their mandates. Your mandate which I owe to a very high esteem and consequently will spur me to serve your best interest, rubber-stamp our ideological alignment and socio-political attunement.

Out of the yearning for a diplomatically vibrant union, a union that is built on the tenets of collectivism, solidarity, justice and equity, great Ife students registered their mandate by giving me an overwhelmingly massive support at the polls on the 24th and 25th march 2015.

Over the last four years, as also in history, our union have had attacks - proscription, victimization, indictment, inimical increment and other anti-students development such as university under-funding, mass failure and outdated academic syllabus which debilitate our political consciousness and undermined the standard of education obtained.

The conspicuous need for a union that will constructively champion the collective cause of adding value and defending the interest of our members cannot be over-emphasized, as the ship of liberation to rescue the oppressors stranded in the vast ocean of oppression is a vibrant and astute leadership. I will in the best of my capacity ensure that I don’t renege on my electoral promises and will continually serve the best interest of students.

Your unflinching support became very astonishing, as even in the face of political machination and calculation, the deliberate or inadvertent shortage of ballot papers in some faculties while some other faculties has in excess, great Ife student stood their ground to exercise their franchise.

I will implore great Ife students to annihilate all fears and debunk all rumours, this union is not a left union or right union or a management union, it is a students ’ union that will always be accountable to the students ensuring the best of our capacity to maintaining a stable academic calendar.

Your support should not terminate at the polls, your support and participation is the fuel needed to continually run the engine of our union. I implore you to be actively involved, attend congresses and sitting, make submissions and give us your idea on how to serve you better because it is an all encompassing union.

ALUTA CONTINUA!!! VICTORIA ASCERTA!!!
REINSTATE OAU-6
OMOTAYO AKANDE (TY) 08027728756, akandus2@yahoo.com
PRESIDENT-ELECT, STUDENTS’ UNION

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Is Goodluck Jonathan Good Enough For The Mo Ibrahim Prize?

VENTURES AFRICA – A couple of days ago, African business mogul, Mo Ibrahim, lavished praises on Nigeria’s outgoing president, Goodluck Jonathan, for delivering on his promise of a free and fair presidential election, and honourably accepting the outcome even as it was his defeat. This special recognition of Jonathan by the proprietor of the Mo Ibrahim foundation has raised the possibility of the Nigerian president receiving the renowned Mo Ibrahim prize for governance.

The Mo Ibrahim prize celebrates African heads of government who perform creditably in office and do not seek to entrench themselves in power. It grants the recipient $5million over ten years and guarantees a life time payment of $200,000 thereafter. The most recent winner of the prize is Namibia’s former president Hifikepunye Pohamba, international acclaimed for strengthening his country’s democratic values and socio-economic equality. President Jonathan, by ensuring credible polls, submitting to its outcome albeit against him, certifies the basic criteria for the award.

While the outgoing president stands out in enabling, or, at least, not inhibiting, the advancement of Nigeria’s electoral culture, he struggled to achieve the same impact in several other sectors of the society. These sectors- primarily the economy and security– constitute the factors that may deny him Mo Ibrahim’s bounty, if he were to be considered.

President Jonathan’s rebasing of the economy, which revealed Nigeria as Africa’s largest by GDP, helped scale up investor interest in the country. However, despite the increased flow of foreign direct investment, his government was unable to match economic growth with development. His government is accused of wastefulness and profligacy, evidence of which is its inability make good of savings during the years of oil boom. Jonathan’s image is also hard hit by allegations of corruption involving members of his cabinet, as well as parastatals and corporations under his executive purview. These issues, joined by the unsolved problem of power, massive unemployment, and widening socio-economic inequality, deny him the economic legacy that would have pushed his case for the Mo Ibrahim prize.

As with the economy, Goodluck, despite pouring in a good amount of money, struggled to develop the security apparatus of the country in the face of a spike in terrorism and incessant kidnapping. His government’s inability to ensure peace and stability, as well as accusations of its insensitivity to the plight of victims of terror, like the Chibok girls, led to popular disaffection against his rule. As proven by his defeat at the polls, not even the military’s recent triumphs against the boko haram militants has shed the perception of him as an inept president. However, while Jonathan’s inability to rein in the insecurity in the land will be a stumbling block to his consideration for the Mo Ibrahim prize, his calm reaction to the result of the tense election and strong invocation for his supporters to accept the victory of his rival, averted a post-election violence–in the scale of 2011, and made him a legend in Nigeria’s history books. This singular act is Jonathan’s biggest propellant for the prize. But will it be enough?

Although President Jonathan has received local and international praise for his election acts, it is improbable that it will win him the award. The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has a reputation of awarding its prize to leaders with salient and incontrovertible record of good and effective governance, the reason only five leaders have received the prize in its 9 years of existence. Picking Jonathan would be so controversial, it could hurt the credibility of the prize.


Article compiled by Ventures Africa

Technical Issues Force Accommodation Request Exercise To Be Re-scheduled

A CONFIRMED report just reaching us now from the Division of Student Affairs has it that the accommodation request exercise for newly admitted students of Obafemi Awolowo University for 2014/2015 session earlier scheduled for today will no longer hold due to technical issues. It has now been re-scheduled for Tuesday 7th April, 2015 as from 10am.

It is expected that the date for accommodation request by finalists will remain 30th April, 2015.