Vacate Office Of Secretary General, Campus Connect Initiative Tells Hon. Seun

The Campus Connect Initiative (CCI), Obafemi Awolowo University branch has late last week demanded that the congress-reinstated Secretary General of Great Ife Students’ Union, Oketooto Oluwaseun a.k.a Hon. Seun should vacate seat in line with the Tribunal declaration.

In a press conference organized by the Initiative, the leaders argued that the Tribunal maintaining its fairness having been persuaded by evidence presented before it gave a magnanimous decision sacking the 'elected' Secretary General from acting as the Secretary General of the Union for Electoral Fraud and lack of the required 2.5 CGPA and as such, the decision should be respected.

The SU President in person of Omotayo Akande a.k.a TY was also berated for not respecting a judicial order but rather resolving to use a congress to pervert the decision of the Tribunal in favour of Hon. Seun.

“In order to pervert Justice, the President in the person of Omotayo Akande called a Congress of Great Ife students’, a body as provided in the Constitution of the Union and provided with Legislative Power in tandem with the Students representative Council under Section 6 to do a broad day rape of Justice by taking 10 resolutions from his co-preventers of Justice in a Campus which comprises of nothing less than 30 thousand bonafide Students. How can 10 students' speak for majority? Why didn't he ask students to Vote as the power of Voting is more accommodating?”
After several argument, the Initiative came to some resolution which include:
• Seun Oketooto should vacate the office of the Secretary General of our dear Union because he has been declared ineligible by the Tribunal on charges of Electoral Fraud and lack of the required CGPA of 2.5.
• ASUU, Alumni bodies who have been playing advisory role to the Union should intervene.
• The Management, Students, Press and the Public must NEVER recognize Seun Oketooto as the Secretary General of OAU Students' Union.
• All correspondence signed by Seun Oketooto should be disregarded.
• Seun Oketooto must face charges of fraudulent Misrepresentation, false pretence and Perjury.

Present at the meeting are popular campus leaders including Seun Fakorede (Phakoo), Awotiwon Ibiyemi Joseph (Ibiyemi), Comrade Fakiyesi Samuel, Ayo Toluwalase Shedrack (AY-Toes), Ojo Bright I. (Hon. Bright), SI Unit and others.

The Campus Connect Initiative (CCI) made a wave on campus during the 2015 General Election campaign period as they tried unsuccessfully to bring the Nigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo to OAU campus.

PANS Invites You To Her Fresher’s Party

The Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students, OAU invites the entire Students Community of the Obafemi Awolowo University to her freshers party which is scheduled to hold on Saturday June 20, 2015.

The party is simply tagged “OVERDOSE” and the;

Venue- Pharmacy Foyer.

Time- Red Carpet: 7:00 pm

Party: 8:00pm

Performing Artistes- Kezmo, Jaido P, T long, Damova and a lot of other artistes

Host – VJ Lexie, MC Slimz
Gate fee- Guys: 500

Girls: Free

Great Ife Turn Up! It’s simply an Overdose of fun!

OAU Partners With ILRI To Improve Chicken Productivity

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on 26th May, 2015 signed the Collaborative Research Agreement for the African Chicken Genetic Gains (ACGG), signaling the beginning of ACGG implementation in Nigeria. ACGG is a 5-year research-for-development (R4D) partnership being implemented in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Tanzania Livestock Research Institute, Wageningen University, PICO-Eastern Africa and Koepon.

ACGG aims to develop public-private partnerships that will deliver genetically improved chickens to smallholders, especially women. Past efforts to improve productivity and increase profit in smallholder chicken production in sub-Saharan Africa had little impact because they used exotic breeds developed for intensive feeding systems. Exotic birds are not suited to extensive systems and require high investments in feeds, veterinary support and energy. ACGG will deploy highly productive chicken breeds and work with all the actors along the chicken value chain. The project will test five improved breeds of chickens from Africa and India on-station (to determine their productivity) and on-farm (to determine their adaptability to the low-input systems of the smallholders).

“Improved genetics to be tested and distributed in Nigeria”, the PI said, “include the ShikaBrown® developed by National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Zaria, the FUNAAB Alpha available from Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), the Kuroiler developed by Kegg Farms in India, the Fayoumi developed in the Fayoum Governorate in Egypt and the Fulani ecotype developed by the Bororo clan of the Fulani people. ACGG-Nigeria will work in 5 agro-ecological zones ranging from Kebbi to Rivers, Taraba to Lagos and Nasarawa to Delta States”.

Expected ACGG outcomes are, among others:

i) Determination of the chicken breeds preferred by poor farmers, especially women, based on scientifically gathered production and socio-cultural data;
ii) Smallholders’ access to those preferred breeds that have productivity that is at least 200% more than the unimproved local breeds;
iii) Increased empowerment of women smallholder farmers in the chicken value chain;
iv) A national Innovation Platform, as a network of stakeholders, to ensure sustainable access of smallholder farmers to at least two of the genetically improved breeds.

ACGG-Nigeria is led by Prof. E.B. Sonaiya of the Department of Animal Sciences, OAU, as the Principal Investigator (PI), Prof. Mrs. O.A. Adebambo (FUNAAB) and Prof. I.A. Adeyinka (NAPRI, Ahmadu Bello University) as co-PIs. There is a full-time National Project Coordinator, Dr. O. Bamidele, and 5 Zonal Coordinators: Prof. W.A. Hassan (Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto – North-West), Mr. A. Yakubu (Nasarawa State University, Keffi – North-East), Prof. Mrs. U. Ogundu (Federal University of Technology, Owerri – South-East), Dr. Mrs. F. Ajayi (University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt – South-South) and Dr. Mrs. O. Alabi (Landmark University, Omu-Aran – South-West).

OAU Student's Union Official Press Release On Adekunle Gold

 

This is the official press release from the office of the Social director.

 Revolutionary greetings to my fellow Nigerians. Without wasting too much time on pleasantries, I will love to cut to the chase and set the record straight. Wale Applause, a social media publicist and a former Social director of OAU student union was the one who connected me with the Adekunle Gold’s manager. Wale Applause demanded 300 thousand naira as the fee to get Adekunle Gold to perform. As you would expect, there were negotiations but at the end of the day, Wale Applause did not shift ground as he was bent on collecting the 300 thousand naira. I had to agree. I gave them 250 thousand naira and promised to pay the remaining 50 thousand after the performance but on getting to Ilorin to pick up Adekunle Gold, I was made to pay the remaining 50 thousand before he agreed to come back to Ife with me. In the bus conveying us back to Ife, I asked him which song he will be doing and he said he will be doing ‘Sade’. So I told him he cant just do that only song and leave the stage, that OAU students will want more.
I suggested to him that he should find a way to entertain the audience for at least 20 minutes and he assured me he would. He said and i quote “I know how to handle my audience”. This put my mind at rest and I enjoyed the rest of my journey back to Ife as I looked forward to a great night with Adekunle Gold. We got to Ife and we lodged him in a hotel and I started putting the final preparations together. Around 9pm, when the show started, I got a call from his manager demanding that Adekunle Gold must perform immediately as he has another event the following day. I was not told all this before I paid for his services and I definitely cant let him perform at the beginning of the show when he is supposed to be the main act and the main act as we all know should end the show, not start it. I kept him at the backstage, provided adequate welfare, he interacted with the media outfits around, we all laughed and enjoyed from the backstage.
Four hours later, around 1am, it was his time to entertain his fans who had waited all night for him. As he was about to go on stage, I reminded him of the importance of making sure he finds a way to entertain the students for atleast 20 minutes and he said I should not worry. To my surprise, Adekunle Gold went on stage and did his only song ‘sade’ and spent exactly 3 minutes and 42 seconds. The audience, as expected got really angry and we had a mob coming towards the stage. We quickly took him away from the scene, found our way to the student union building, the mob running after us. The students demanded more for the 300 thousand naira! Fortunately, we were able to get him to his hotel room unharmed. The next morning, the students came to the Union building to make demands. They insisted that Adekunle Gold must refund atleast half of the money.
The Union president then appointed some persons to follow me to the hotel to make those demands. We got there and conveyed the message to his manager. I called Wale Applause and he said I should talk to the manager and reach a compromise. The manager agreed that his artiste was wrong to breach the agreement he had with me and that they would refund half of the the money. Chinko Ekun, a student of OAU and a YBNL artiste was there when this conversation was ongoing and he even went to the ATM with Adekunle Gold’s manager to get the money. There was no argument whatsoever, it was a peaceful and straight forward negotiation with the manager. Adekunle Gold did not even come out of his room until after negotiations were over. I made preparations for his transport but he declined. I am still trying to understand how exactly we robbed him? Wale Applause then called after he found out I was going to collect half of the money. He said he will make sure i regret this. He also said he controls all the artistes in the industry and he will make sure none of them ever comes to OAU in the future. He promised to damage my name and also the name of the school.

Wale Applause is a very well respected alumnus of this great university which is we are very dissapointed with his actions. Wale Applause is a wounded lion who has refused to let go of the past. He brought Durella to OAU when he was the Social director but the show flopped because Durella refused to respect the traditions of Great OAU students. His fans felt insulted and did not allow him perform and the show was brought to an end abruptly. Wale Applause obviously still feels he has a score to settle with the school management.
The school management suspended the Student union during his tenure. With all due respect to Mr Wale Applause, he has to tender an unreserved apology to great Ife students as his actions have been erratic and devoid of the calmness and intelligence one would expect from an alumnus. I am also very disappointed in the media outfits who have been accusing OAU students of robbery without even asking for our own side of the story. It is very alarming the level of mediocrity in our journalism today. It is most painful that some TV stations have also been so unprofessional with the way they have portrayed this situation to the general public. We are powerfully and seriously considering legal actions.

OAU Student Wins Big In iROKO Engineering Competition

 

 

 

Oluwasayo Oladeji, a student of the faculty of Technology of the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife has won a whooping sum of one million naira IrokoTv Engineering competition. 

According to OAUchristians.com -  Oluwasayo Oladeji one million naira at the IrokoTv Engineering competition last week Wednesday, 10th June 2015.

The OAU technology came out top out of about 200 students that participated. According to Jason Njoku, founder of iROKO, Sayo had 324 out of 400. “So we have a winner. Oluwasayo Oladeji came first in the Engineering at iROKO test. His score was 324/400. It took a little time to verify the results and for him to collect the outsized cheque as surprisingly, he isn’t based in Lagos” He said also further stated that iROKO hopes to hire about 15-20 engineers before the end of July.

“Our ambition is to hire 15-20 engineers and we expect to complete the process before the end of July. We are offering roles to the 10+ engineers out of the May cohort this week.”

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Congress Stampede Election Tribunal Order

The very controversial congress of students of Obafemi Awolowo University late yesterday evening reinstated the sacked Secretary General of the Students' Union.

Details later...

OAU SU President Calls for Congress

 

 

The President of the OAU Students Union, Hon TY, has called for the first Congress in his tenure. The congress is to hold on Tuesday, 16^th June 2015 at the Afika Amphitheatre by 3:00pm.

  The official press release below;

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 14/6/15
CONGRESS!!! CONGRESS!!! CONGRESS!!!
‘Having firmly resolved to perpetuate the growth of the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria, with the view to promoting our GENERAL WLEFARE for the purpose of maintaining health and honourable society...’ PREAMBLE OF OUR SANCROSANT CONSTITUTION
Our union is the only platform for us to collectively, concertedly and constructively advance our causes.
The congress is the highest decision making body on campus and its resolutions are binding on all.
To harmonize our heterogeneous ideas, proffer holistic ways forward and address the sordid welfare condition, rekindle our consciousness and deepen our sense of collectivism and belonging.
We hereby call for a mother of all congresses which is scheduled as follows
DATE: 16TH TUESDAY, 2015
TIME: 3pm
VENUE: AFRICA AMPHI THEATRE
AGENDA:
• THE STATE OF OUR UNION
• THE NEW STUDENTS’ UNION
• POOR WELFARE CONDITION CUM EXPLOITATION
• ACCOMMODATION CHALLENGES
• REINSTATEMENT
• MASS FAILURE
• THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
• THE STATE OF THE NATION
• AOB
Come one, come all
ALUTA CONTINUA!!! VICTORIA ASCERTA!!!
Omotayo Akande (TY)
President