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SRC Demands Accountability
Friday Omosola
The General Secretary of the Adekunle Ajasin University Student Union Government, Comrade Joel Taiwo, known as Joelistic Joel has been suspended for 2 months.
His suspension was announced yesterday during the Students Representative Council plenary session.
The SRC accused him of refusing to present his bank statement which was used to receive donations for the victims involved in the January 23rd accident, failing to give a breakdown of how the donations received were spent, as well as his refusal to paste apology letters as instructed by the SRC for posting a derogatory statement against students of AAUA on his WhatsApp status.
Following his suspension, he was told to hand over documents related to the office of the General Secretary to the Assistant General Secretary, Comrade Olaiya Anthony, who will be functioning in his office for the period of his suspension.
A statement released by the Student Representative Council this morning reads,
"This is to notify all AAUAITES and host community that the Gen Secretary of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Student Union (AAUASU) Com. JOELISTIC JOEL* has been suspended ...has been suspended through the resolution of the Students Representative Council's (SRC) plenary held on the 14th day of April, 2021.
"Recalled that the General Secretary was on the 11th of March 2021 invited by Students Representative Council to explain the rationale behind the usage of his account and not the Union's Account to solicit for funds for the victims of the unfortunate accidents of the January 23rd, a function not incidental to his office nor such action backed with the approval of the SEC/SRC/Student Affairs Division as provided by S(34) (a) (IV) of the Union Constitution.
"The General Secretary cited the rigorous process of withdrawing money through the union account and the matter of urgency in the need of the solicited funds at that critical time; an explanation which was rationally considered based on _life and death_ situation.
"The SRC thereby directed the Gen Secretary to print his statement of account and submit the said statement of account to an ad-hoc committee constituted for same and give a vivid account of how the money solicited for was spent.
"Also at the same plenary session, the house addressed one of the comments made by the General Secretary months earlier relating to the reduction of the tuition fees by the State Government in which the Gen. Secretary uploaded a status on his WhatsApp platform that "ANY AAUITE THAT IS NOT CONTENTED WITH THE UNION STRUGGLE IS A FOOL, A BIG FOOL", reference to this statement was greeted with heated reactions upon being admitted by the Gen Secretary.
"Considering the fact the statement is an abuse to all AAUAITES by an officeholder duly elected by the mandates of the same AAUAITES, the Gen Secretary was then directed to write an apology letter to all AAUAITES, submit it to the SRC and paste same on all notice boards on campus within a period of 72 hours.
However, on the 14th April, 2021. The committee constituted to address the issues reported that the Gen Secretary never submitted any financial report to them nor paste any apology letter as directed on all notice boards on campus as directed by the SRC.
"Also, the SRC invitation to the Gen. Secretary to the next plenary was ignored. The committee thereby recommended immediate 2 months suspension for the Gen Secretary in which the Gen Secretary will have to present the said statement of account and breakdown of the expenses, and as well submit and paste the apology letter as earlier directed by the SRC. The said recommendation was approved and adopted by the SRC members present at the plenary.
"Upon the suspension of the Gen. Secretary, the Student Representative Council made the following resolutions:
1. _That all documents related to the office of the General Secretary in his care be handed over to the Assistant Gen Secretary_
2. _That the Assistant General Secretary takes over the position of the Gen Secretary for the two months._
3. _That the impeachment process of the Gen Secretary will commence if the condition given by the SRC is not met within the said two months.
Efforts to get the reactions of Joelistic Joel was futile, as his number wasn't reachable and messages sent to him on Whatsapp by our correspondent were not replied as at the time of filing this report.
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