PEN PRESS UDUS

EDITORIAL NOTE

    Let’s Walk, We Will Run When We Are Ripe.
             

Hello Everyone.
The break is over and we are back at doing what we do best.
The holiday was indeed an eventful one both within the school and in the nation.
There was the saga of a Nigerian senator who was arrested jumping off a moving police van, the incident of hoodlums stealing the mace from the national assembly in broad day light which was in fact a national embarrassment as it became a subject of mockery by citizens of other countries. the most interesting saga that ensued between Nigerians on and off social media was regarding the president’s speech during his trip to the United States of America, where he mentioned that 60% of the Nigerian population are youths and a lot of this youths are lazy and await hands out from the government.
The episode that followed this speech was intriguing. A lot of Nigerians came out on social media to decry the president’s statement. Most people showcased their individually created and owned businesses. Someone likened the President’s statement to ‘A Father telling his Son’s potential Father-in-law how irresponsible his Son is’.
These should not have been the case, but it is customary for most Nigerians to let their emotions get in the way when important issues are thrown on the table.
In school, there was the expansion of the road that leads into the school which caused its temporary shutdown, causing students to ply the longer Illela route to school. While this government funded project went on, the student union government deemed it fit to initiate a miniature replica of the road project by extending the famous Jatau bridge pathway.

This project led to a lot of controversies mostly because of the surrounding circumstances.
This is a project that cost the student union government over a million naira and it was initiated and completed without the approval of the student representative assembly.
This act raises lots of questions that beg for answers. Are the officials of the student union government so oblivious of the content of the constitution that brought them into power?
How were they able to withdraw such huge amount of money? Was the Dean aware of this happenings? Is this the most pressing problem of students of UDUS? Was there any urgency in the extension of a pathway that was hitherto convenient to walk on?
You can guess the reaction of the student representative assembly. Of course, a sitting would be called and explanations, worthy or not would be made by concerned officials.
It is interesting to note that during the break, while the project was on, the president of the student union ‘admitted to being wrong and apologised for starting a project without approval from the student representative assembly’.  This is interesting because the relationship between the SU and the SRA is an official and not a personal relationship. Such apology would be most suitable for a Wife whose Husband bought a house from their joint account without her notice as opposed to from a president who acted ultravires.
The sitting was called on the night of 6th may which lasted for approximately 8 hours. It was as rowdy as the Nigerian house of assembly. With a lot of back and forth between the members of the house, the speaker of the house, and the Students’ union officials.
Suddenly, like the National House of Assembly the mace got stolen. While the sitting was on! While important decisions such as the suspension of key student union executives was made! The mace got stolen! As if on cue, it was immediately replaced. The house went on to suspend the president, the welfare officer and the financial secretary of the union pending when investigations would be concluded.
All these happenings would leave one wondering if the clamour for not too young to run bill isn’t equivalent to biting hard on an unripe fruit.