Isiaq Ibrahim reports
The Students’ Union Electoral Committee (ELCOM), Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has met with various stakeholders of unions, associations and clubs on the campus over SU elections for the 2022/2023 academic session.
The meeting, which was on Sunday, 28th May at the PTF lecture hall, had in attendance the chairman of the Elcom, Bashir Muhammad Achida, the General Secretary, Tambari Ismaila, members of National Association of Campus Journalists(NACJ), members of Rotaract Clubs, stakeholders of various state unions among others.
Speaking, the General Secretary of Elcom, Tambari Ismaila Waziri said it was the university management that constituted the committee and any club, association, union or student that failed to comply with stipulated terms and conditions of committee would be banned.
“Respect the constitution authority, failure to abide by the rules of ELCOM might lose your studentship because we are the committee appointed by the university.”
“We Have no Business with Any Union, Club or Association’s Election Process_Elcom Chairman
The SU Elcom chairman, Bashir Muhammad Achida explained that the committee has no business with how any union or association produces their leaders.
Meanwhile, recall that the resigned Chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Students’ Union, Mohammed Shamshudeen, in an interview with the News Digest Press categorically stated that leaders of any association, union, or club must come through election.
The Elcom chairman however said that,“We don’t care about the procedure. It can be through election, selection or nomination.”
“We are only concerned about the leadership of each union/association to present the report of how the nomination, selection or election was conducted and also to supply all the names of the executives, their department and their portfolios.”
“Also, the union/association should provide the constitutional provision(their own constitution) that spells out the process.”
He added that any association or union that failed to observe the procedure, its activities will be considered illegal on the campus.
Speaking about the activities of the main SU Election, the chairman stated that screening of contestants and sales of forms will be communicated to the public on due time.
“We want this election to be a clean contest. We want the election to give you a sense of
self of socialization in the university we will give you open air to campaign, rally and to debate,” he said.
“All the activities will be transparent to the NACJ, Rotaract and Anti-corruption clubs,” he said.
He also added that any contestants that have started campaigning and sharing flyers tagged with SU Election will be disqualified to participate in the election.