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Following the announcement of the date for the Students Union election for the 2020/2021 academic session, the Nigerian Union of campus journalists (NUCJ) of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko has announced a date for the Union election debate among the aspirants.
According to the release to the university environment, the event will be held on the 27th of September, 2021 at the Olusegun Obasanjo Multipurpose hall(OBJ) at exactly 9 AM prompt.
The event is expected to have in attendance all the aspirants for all the respective positions to throw to the entire student populace their manifestos as well as answering questions from students.
However, the union on the 23rd of this month launched a platform for students who have one or two questions to drop ahead of the scheduled date.
Recall that after several agitations and postponements of the election, the management has announced the 28th, of September for the election.
On the 9th of September, the Student Union Electoral Committee (SEC) announced the date for the conduction of the Students Union Government (SUG) election, in a statement made known in a circular released to the university community, signed by the SEC chairman, Dr. Stephen Aina.
The circular release also disclosed how the electoral process will hold.
On Monday 27th of September 2021 was the Debate among the aspirants at Old RC starting from 9 am till 12 pm, on the same day was the manifesto at the Matriculation Ground by 12 pm-4 pm. In the same vein, Tuesday 28th September was the election and Announcement of Results at Heritage Building by 9 to 3 pm, Wednesday 28th September 2021, filling of Electoral Petitions (if any) at the Student Affairs Office at 9 am-3 pm.
More so on Thursday 29th, September was the Hearing of Electoral Petition at the moot Court started from 10 am to 4 pm, and before 6th October was the swearing-in-Ceremony/ Handing over at Obasanjo Multi-purpose Hall by 11 am.
However, research and findings revealed that this was not the first time SSEC is announcing a date for the conduct of the election and postponed it indefinitely for no iota of excuse, making the entire students of the institution and candidates keep wondering and waiting if it will be postponed this time around.
Recall that ECHO MEDIA, reported on June eleven 2021, that the management had announced June 16th as the date for the election which was made known in a release signed by the SEC Chairman, Dr. Stephen Aina, contradicting the early gathered information by Echo Media that June 23rd was the early approved date for the election but other national functions made the committee settle for a new date.
The paper read, "Ahead of the Students' Union Election of Adekunle Ajasin University, AKungba-Akoko, the Electoral Committee has declared June 16 as the date for the election. The statement was made known in a statement signed by the SEC Chairman, Dr. Stephen Aina, today".
The SEC, having met with the aspirants on Saturday to discuss the modalities for the election announced the date and lifted the ban on electoral campaigns.
The statement reads, "We bring to your notice after the meeting of the SEC members led by the ever indefatigable Chairman Dr. S.I Aina on the lifting of the ban of the forthcoming Student Union Government Elections, coming Up Wednesday 16th of June 2021".
"Aspirants can now start rolling out their campaigns with full force as they await the purchase of their nomination forms."
ELECTION POSTPONE
In the same vein on June twelve, a day after the report of the fixed date for the election, the management in his circular from the Dean of Student Affairs to the Chairman of SEC, with Ref. No.AAUA/SUEC/029, dated 11th June 2021 announced the postponement of the election indefinitely.
The circular was disclosed in an internal memorandum signed by the Principal Assistant Registrar, Student Affairs Charlz OLUSA for the Dean of Student Affairs.
According to the memorandum, the 2020/2021 Student Union Elections have been postponed till after the conclusion of examinations for the Second Semester, 2019/2020 Session.
Also, it was stated in the memorandum that “The postponement is premised on the fact that the date for the Student Union Elections coincides with the schedule for the Unified Tertiary Institutions Matriculation Examinations (UTME).”
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