BEING THE PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS STUDENTS’ UNION PRESIDENT, COMRADE ABIODUN MARTINS ON THIS DAY 26TH MAY, 2015 AT THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING, STUDENTS’ UNION BUILDING, AKOKA, LAGOS.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the most preferred University – the University of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride, University of Lagos. Today’s media briefing is principally designed to discuss and reveal to the whole world issues bothering on the welfare of our students, state of the nation and our expectation from the incoming government led by President elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

ULSU’s ACHIEVEMENTS DURING ITS 47 DAYS IN OFFICE.
It is indeed note-worthy that this administration will be celebrating its 50th days in office on Friday 29th of May, the same day Buhari’s administration will be kick-start and its achievement has made plain the union is back and back for good. It is saddening to note that our inauguration coincided with an abysmal fall in the national grid with its adjourning effect leading to epileptic power supply and water shortage in the University environment, which later transpired to the series of protest we curtailed in our first month in office. With ULSU’s intervention, the situation was fairly ameliorated, as our discussion with the management yielded results.

Prior to our assumption of office on the 9TH of April, 2015, students who were victims of late course registration had been advised to put forward letters of deferment for the semester, but we came in and stood for them as we indicated during our different manifestos. We helped negotiate the deferment decision be rescinded, and to the glory of God, it was achieved. That was the first hurdle.

Within this period, we also embarked on a herculean task in ensuring our students who had some courses to edit were attended to. Not only were they assured, they were also allowed to sit for their examination without nursing any fear of eligibility.
Our success transcends beyond the stratosphere of the University campus. The University of Lagos Students’ Union is known for different roles it has played in the times past in ensuring students’ welfare across the nation, and the world at large, is made a topmost priority. With Nostalgia, we can lay claim to Comrade Maiyegun, the then ULSU president, ‘Alli must go’ led struggle during Gen. Babangida’s regime. With pride, we reminisce in the fact that Comrade Oluwole Sowore and Comrade Dele Ashiru, then presidents of ULSU, made their footprints in the sands of time.

It was on this precedence we strongly condemned in strong terms the Al-shabbab killings of our colleagues in far-away Kenya and also the xenophobic attack on Nigerians in South Africa. We not only responded with our press-release indicating our resolution and ultimatum, we also marched down to the South African embassy to show our discontent. These and many more we did within30 days of our administration.

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON PROFESSOR RAHMAN BELLO, THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND PROF G.B BABAWALE, THE DEAN STUDENTS AFFAIRS OF UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS.
We, the executives of the University of Lagos Students’ Union hereby pass a “VOTE OF CONFIDENCE” on Prof Rahmon Bello, the Vice Chancellor of the University of First Choice and Nation’s Pride and Prof G.B Babawale, The Dean of Students’ Affairs for their outstanding roles in lifting the proscription on the Students Union after ten years. Their predecessors never dared to achieve this feat due to selfish reasons that were to their benefits and cronies.

These outstanding scholars in their respective field took it upon themselves in a short span of time by putting in place processes that finally led to the lifting of the proscription placed on the students union since the 19th January, 2005.
Since the inauguration of our executives we have been enjoying tremendous support from the management team but we are anticipating further cooperation especially in the areas of executing projects that are beneficial to our students.