UI TAKES THE CROWN AS NSASA CELERATES GOLDEN JUBILEE
By; ALAWODE, Ibrahim
University of Ibadan took the crown as she won the Inter-varsity Debate organised by the Nigerian Sociological and Anthropology Students’ Association as part of their golden jubilee celebrations.
While the University of Ibadan took the first position refusing to allow anyone defeat her on her soil, OlabisiOnabanjo University was first runner up and Ekiti State University emerged second runner-up.
AGROPRESS TO ORGANISE THE FOURTH FATIMAH OLAYINKA MEMORIAL LECTURE
By; ALAWODE, Ibrahim
Agropress Organisation continues to honour her past editor-in –chief, late Fatimah Olayinka,who died on her way to serve her fatherland, with a memorial lecture.
The topic for this year lecture is titled ‘terrorism in Nigeria; it’s implication on Nigerian youth.’ Mr GbolaZubair from Nigerian Tribune will be the key note speaker.
UI STUDENT DIES IN CAR CRASH
By; OLUSOLA Rahmatullah and ONI Muhammad
12 October was a black day for Kuti hall and theDepartment of History as they lost one of theirs, Areo Amos, a 200 level student who died in a car crash.
Areo, who was a soldier, was said to have left his duty post to return to barracks before resuming school for this semester. He passed on in the early hours of the day in an army van.It was also reported that he was the one driving the van and with him were three other officials who sustained some injuries.
A candle light procession in honour of him was held at kuti Hall on the 16th of Octoberwhile on the 18th, members of Kuti hall and the Department of History filled the students’ union bus to attend his burial ceremony.
AKINJIDE GIVES UISU MARCO POLO
By; TAIWO, Damola
As part of the empowerment programme of OloyeJumokeAkinjide, the minister of state, FCT, the University of Ibadan Students’ Union received a Marco polo bus on Tuesday 14th of October 2014.
However, this gift was not given to only the University of Ibadan but all higher institutions within her constituency.
TEDDER HALL CHAIRMAN SUSPENDED
By; Babafemi, FALAYI
The Tedder Hall Representative Council during the early hours of Saturday, 18th of October, 2014 summarily suspended the Tedder Hall Chairman, Adebayo Damilola,indefinitely on grounds that were not made public. The Hall vice Chairman, Orji PaulinusKelechi has been mandated to take over as the Acting Hall Chairman.
It was gathered from reliable sources that there are allegations against the Chairman that he has not been carrying the HRC and other members of the executive along in the administration of the Hall; there are also allegations that he has also been executing projects in the Hall with unapproved funds.
The issue has continued to generate a lot of controversy due to the fact that Tedder Hall HRC does not have the power to suspend, it only has power to impeach an executive officer based on a written allegation. The allegation is to be presented to the Speaker of the HRC who shall in turn give a copy of the allegation to the affected officer.
The speaker shall by the support of 2/3 majority of the HRC members cause a 4-man panel comprising people who have not shown any special interest in the matter or the officer concerned, to be set up to investigate the allegation and the panel shall have 7 days to do this.
Where the report of the panel is that the allegations against the officer have been proven, then within 7 days of the receipt of the report, the HRC shall by a resolution of 2/3 of its members adopt the report of the panel and may then removethe officer.
This HRC resolution of indefinite suspension has been greeted with a lot of unrest and tension in both arms of government and Tedder Hall at large.
There are views that the exercise was just an egoistic battle of supremacy between the House and the Executive Council of the Hall.
The Hall Chairman was seen carrying out his duties as usual and has described the suspension as a comedy and a child’s play, many tedderites and stakeholders share the same view that if at all the disciplinary powers of the HRC is widened to include the power of suspension, it should follow the due process outlined by the Tedder Hall Constitution under section 13 that deals with removal of officers.
The entire Executive Council is also threatening to resign if the suspension is not withdrawn with immediate effect.
SRC VISIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
By; ADEDOKUN, Malik
The Students’ Representative Council of the Students’ Union went on excursion to the National Assemblyin order to gain more experience on how to conduct legislative proceedings.
The principal officers of the legislative arm of the Students’ Union as well as some Faculty Presidents left the premises of the school at about 4:30pm on Wednesday, October 15, to visit the senate chambers and the house of representative chambers on Thursday, 16th of October.
SENATOR AMADU ALI VISITS TEDDER HALL
By; Babafemi FALAYI
A former senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and former PDP National Chairman, Senator Dr.Ahmadu Ali visited Tedder Hall on Saturday, 18th of October, 2014 very late in the night.
Only a handful of residents led by the Hall Chairman, Adebayo Damilola, were around to welcome this great but controversial alumnus of Tedder Hall and conduct him around the Hall of Fame.
Senator Ali had earlier spoken to a considerable number of Tedder hall residents at the Trenchard Hall entrance, where he expressed his unreserved delight at coming back to his alma mater and also seeing Tedderitesof younger generations. He also promised to do something for the Hall soon.
During his visit, the controversial former Federal Minister of Education, who during the military government of the late 70s earned the sobriquet ‘ALI MUST GO’ or “ALIMUNGO” as a result of the increase in the feeding fees of university students among other things, was quick to explain to residents that at that period he received the order from the Head of State to announce the increment of the fee by 50 kobo and that he had no option than to obey the supreme military command.
