Tuesday 15 September 2015

OAU STUDENTS' UNION TY-LED ADMINISTRATION BUDEGTS #1.8MILLION FOR PHONE CALLS



The Central Executive Council (CEC) of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has submitted to the Student Representative Council (SRC) for approval a budget of N1, 837, 550 to make official phone calls between August, 2015 and January, 2016.

”The sum, which did not also include the one for purchase of phones, was budgeted by the leadership of the Central Executive Council and Students’ Representative Council led by Mr. Omotayo Akande and Mr. Adebari Aare respectively. Others are the clerk, deputy speaker, halls of residence executives, chairmen and secretary of transport, judicial, and budget and finance committees.”, Punch reports.

Punch further reports:

“The student union leaders, who in totality budgeted N26, 090, 469 for their various needs, are expecting an income of about N15m.

A breakdown of the budget showed that the speaker, Mr. Adebari Aare, proposed to spend N232, 500 for official phone calls for 310 days, while the president of the union also proposed to make calls for 180 days with N108, 000.

Among other items that surfaced on the president’s budget were fuelling at the cost of N270,000; bus maintenance, N300, 000; ‘intervention’, N300, 000; and security vote, N300, 000.

Contained in the speaker’s budget is welfare costing N217, 000; long journey and short journey accommodation, N1, 250, 000; long and short journey trip, N500, 000 among others.”

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