Ex OAU SU President, Ibikunle Honoured As 2015 Remo Child

By Deborah Dosunmu



Recently, a Remo-Sagamu youth initiative, THE REMO CHILD PROJECT, honoured the ex OAU Students’ Union President, Ibikunke Isaac as the ‘2015 Remo Child’.

This is an acknowledgement accorded distinguished youths, indigenes of Remo, who have made impacts and are still making impacts in the society; youths that are flag bearers of the Remo community.  In the introduction of ‘The Remo Child Project 2015’, it was stated, “the Remo child project was born in the wake of 2014 by some young passionate Remo youths who believe in economic, social, and cultural development of the people. The purpose of the initiative is to celebrate and encourage Remo youths to becoming one of (if not the best) of their kinds.”(Sic)




Ibikunle who was born more than two decades ago into the family of Mr. & Mrs. Olusanya Ibikunle of Ogunfero compound, Sagamu, Ogun state was named the 2015 Remo Child not only because of his political achievements but also his academic achievements and service to humanity. He is a graduate of Law, Obafemi Awolowo University. Apart from being the OAU Students’ Union President for a session, some of his achievements are; he led and participated in the 23rd Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition (Africa Regional round), Abuja 2014, where team OAU won which qualified them for the world round in Canada. He has led his team to victory in various competitions in the field of law especially the Moot and Mock competitions nationally and internationally.

Ibikunle Isaac who is also a member of the Nigerian Red Cross society, has was nominated for and also won some awards for distinction. Among are; 2014 nominee as the Most Influential Student of the Year by Oscar-ACJ Awards, OAU; 2015 Award for Outstanding Leadership by the Students’ Union, OAU.

OAU Releases 2015/2016 Admission Merit List

We have confirmed the release of the Obafemi Awolowo University merit list which is the list of the first batch of admitted students.




To know if you are in the list, simply check your admission status with your UTME no on JAMB website.

Goodluck peeps!

Judicial Council Mandates OAU Students To Pay N30,000

By David Adetula

The Judiciary of Obafemi Awolowo University Students’ Union has mandated two students of the institution; Mr Azeez Quadri A. and Mr Adeoye Fidel to pay a sum of N15,000 each to one Mr Adewale Adeolu M., a student of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering within thirty (30) days over a contract sealed by both parties.

The plaintiff, Adewale Adeolu dragged the two students to the Judicial Council for trying to breach the contract they had after he took them SAT examination tutorial and according to him, he had a contract with them to pay a sum of N15,000 each before the end of two weeks after the tutorial ended which they failed to honour.

Deciding on the matter, the presiding justice, Justice Dayo Saliu Mustapha and other Justices who heard the case at the level of Security Room of the Students’ Union Building (SUB) discovered that the two defendants were not really evading justice as alleged by the plaintiff but their lack of financial buoyancy during the time has caused the delay.




The impetus to pay Mr Adewale Adeolu according to the sued, Mr Azeez and Mr Adeoye, did not grow following the failure of the SAT examination to hold for which they have been tutored even as they are cash trapped.

On Friday, September 4, the presiding justice in his ruling however mandated the two defendants to look for all possible means to pay up the cumulative N30,000 to the plaintiff within one month which is expected to lapse on October 4, else face a penalty.

Justices that sat on the case include Justice Dayo Saliu Mustapha, Justice Jumoke Ashimolowo, Justice Ahmed Abidoye, Justice Ayo and Justice Segun.

2015/2016 OAU Predegree Application Deadline Extended

The Centre for Distance Learning (CDL), Obafemi Awolowo University has announced the extension of the deadline for application for the 2015/2016 predegree programme.

Read details on application:




www.oaupeeps.com/2015/07/application-for-20152016-oau-predegree.html 

BEACONS Donates Waste Bins To OAU Community

Members of Beacons Organisation on Saturday, September 5, moved from one spot on campus to another as the group donated swing-top waste bins to the OAU community.

Speaking about the project, the President, Oluwaferanmi Adedeji said: “These swing-top waste bins represent our first statement of intent as an organisation. We felt that there were some crucial spots on campus where we thought waste bins were needed. It’s important for us to keep our campus clean and take this culture with us everywhere we go; cleanliness they say is next to godliness.”

The Vice-President, Adekanye Opeyemi chipped in with some words: “Leadership begins with responsibility in little things. We can all moan about how dirty our environment is, even how dirty Nigeria is but it all begins with the individuals. If everybody imbibes the culture of throwing trash into the trash cans, we will have a neat environment. It is only an aberrant person that will see a clean environment and intentionally mess it up.”




The President also solicited for the support of the authorities, “We plead for the support of the authorities and the general OAU community in our bid to encourage members of the Obafemi Awolowo University Community to make use of all the waste bins that have been made available.”

B.E.A.C.O.N.S is an acronym meaning Builders, Enlightened Advocates of Change of Nigerian Society. According to the President of the group;

"We are driven by our dream of a new generation that will be willing and able to impact their community, the country and the world at large positively.

“Our main objective is to through community service, solve problems faced by members of our immediate community (O.A.U) thereby imbibing a sense of responsibility that seems to be missing in many of the outgoing generation’s leaders. One could say we are trying to 'kill two birds with a single stone', solve community problems and build true leaders."

He assertively concluded by saying, “This is our passion, our vision and we will continue to embark on projects like this one. We will continue to push in this direction and will appreciate the support of the University management and the Students’ Union on our way.”

Life On Campus With Mizdee- Male Porters In Female Hostels

                            

I know many people would disagree with me but I think male porters working in female hostels, is totally uncalled for and improper. Some people might say ‘what about the security of lives and properties?’ Why then do we have security guards? I know what is on your mind! Who says females cannot be security guards? Less I divert from my subject, what in Pete’s sake are male porters doing in female hostels. Male porters go around pulling off posters and bills early in the morning. I did not know that pulling off posters requires energy. Even if it requires energy, who says females cannot do that? I did not know when cleaning and keeping the environment became a man’s job. Yet, these same set of people believe in patriarchy.

I remember a certain episode I witnessed in one of the female hostels. A male porter claimed he was going around pulling off posters and then peeped through an open window; he then knocked when someone complained. Tell me, what was he looking for? Some months ago, it was reported that a male porter caught a girl bathing in the wee hours of a particular day. Imagine! Do not get me wrong, I do not encourage nor support wrong attitudes but at the same time, that is preposterous. Common! Who does that? I did not know there was a law that says a female porter should not move round a female hostel. 

Interestingly, the last time I checked, the Advanced English Dictionary describes ‘a porter’ as someone who is employed to carry supplies or people’s luggage or someone that guards an entrance. In our own case, the hall entrance. I do not know any of the porters who got their job description right. (Laughs loudly) I do not see pulling off posters, walking round female halls, peeping through windows to instruct etc. in the description.  They do not carry our bags when we return to school from break neither do they help us with anything. They guard our hall entrances. Is that supposed to be a joke? This people sleep off their time at work especially at night. Hey! That is an understatement. I can still remember a situation that occurred in one of the hostels many months ago. A male figure came into that female hall, masked, to steal in the midnight. He jumped in through the fence, to be fair. The girl, who saw him, screamed and called some others who were awake. Through it all, our dear porter ‘dutifully and faithfully’ slept on. Sometimes, a female wakes up to the voice of a male porter in the middle of the night. Tell me, is he her husband? What is he doing at such hours that a female porter cannot do?

Who is fooling whom?

Public Service Announcement To OAU Students From Idanre

 This is to bring to the notice of all students from Idanre that the National Association of Idanre Students (NAIS), OAU Chapter has been created. The purpose of the association is to sensitize the generality of Students from Idanre of Events, Occurences, Programs etc. that most have been oblivious of in times past, examples being the Local government Scholarship Schemes, Club66 Scholarship Schemes, Local government Bursaries amidst others. For this reasons, we hereby seek the effective performance of the indigenous people of Idanre as members in moving the association forward. For interested natives interested in joining the association, Please Contact 07066578315 or 08162470892 

IDANRE A GBE KETE WA OO!!

Olaniyi Oluwaseun                                                                              Adeusi Gbolagade

President                                                                                               Public Relations Officer