Detailed Report Of The Interview Session Between Com. Moshood And Com. Salam(A NANS Senate Presidential Aspirant)

OAU SMARTBRAINS NEWS AGENCY Detailed Report Of The Online Interview Session Between Com. Moshood And Com. Salam Oyejide, A 400-level Student Of Economics, OAU. Com. Salam Is One Of The Senate Presidential Aspirants In The Forthcoming NANS Election. Venue: OAU Wikileaks' Group Page 🗣 Moshood: Good Evening Fellow Great Ife And Nigerian Students. The Interview Will Commence Now As Scheduled. You Are Welcome To The Interview Comrade Salam. Can You Briefly Introduce Yourself? 👤 Salam: Thank you Mr moderator ‬ My name is Com. Salam Oyejide from Economics Department Obafemi Awolowo University 🗣Moshood: Your level sir? 👤Salam: 400 level With the matriculation number: Ecn/2012/116 🗣Moshood: Now To The First Question, There Are Assertion In Some Quarters That Your Contribution To The Union In OAU Have Been Very Negligible. How True Are These Assertions? What Is Your Contribution To The Following Pro-Students Events Which Transpired On Campus, From The Union Restoration Campaign Between 2012-2013, The Reinstatement Campaign Of 5 activists Tagged OAU 5 Comprising Comrade Juwon, Engels, Sammy, Olamide And Johnson, The 300 Percent Fee Increment Struggle In 2014 Under The Ibikunle Isaac Motunrayo Led Administration, The Poor Welfarism Campaign Between November To December 2015 Wgich Culminated In To The Attack On The Union, And How Have You Been Helping Great Ife Students To Facilitate The Clamour For Independent Unionism Especially The December 2015 Congressional Resolution Whch Courageously Defy Management Dictatorial And Vindictive Suspension Of Union Activities? What Is Your Explanation To All These? 👤Salam: It's A Blantant Lie That My Contribution To The Union Is Negligible. I Was One Of Those Who Invited ZoneD Excos Led By Com. Asefon Sunday To Intervain In The Proscription Of The Union And Who He Actually Did Then. We Give Thanks To The Almighty God For Eventual Reinstatement Of The Union To The 300 Percent Increment; My Cotribution Then Cannot Be Under-estimated Because I Was Part Of Those Who Mobilised Immensely For The Rally And Served As An Adviser On How To Go About It In Order To Have Total Reversal Or To Reduce It To Minimal Level. To The Last Question: I Tried My Possible Best As Well It By Assuring Ty Of His Reinstatement By Making Sure That NANS Zone- D And NANS JCC Osun Axis See To The End Of The Case As They Always Do Without Any Sentiments Or Reaching Compromise Any With The Management. In addition, As A Fresh Student(2013) In Fajuyi Hall Of Residence Who Did All Possible Best To Restore Electricity To The Second Floor After Series Of Confrontation With The Porters Witnesses Are Inioluwa From EDM, Ayo From Elect Elect Etc. 🗣Moshood: Second Question Comrade Salam, Now To The Next Question, Why Are You Contesting For The Senate Presidency Of NANS? What Is Your Target? What Do You Intend To Achieve And What Type Of NANS Should We Be Expecting If You Are Elected ? 👤Salam: I'm Contesting For NANS Senate President Just To Have A Total Emancipation From Education Decay Syndrome And To Enable Our Union And Students At Large To Free From Proscription And Victimisation. 🗣Moshood: How Do You Intend To Achieve Campus Based NANS? 👤Salam : My Ensuring Periodical Senate Meeting Of NANS Which Will At All Course To Be Represented By Genuine Senator (Union President) 🗣Moshood: Third Question, NANS Convention Over The Years Has Been Marred With Thuggery, Heavy Monetization, Especially With Aspirants Lodging NANS Senators (Students Union Presidents) To Luxurious Hotels, Coupled With Behind The Scene Brown Envelope Gifts. How Do You Think We Get In To This Mess And How Can We Get Out Of It? As An Aspirant In The Upcoming Convention, How Do You Intend To Cope With This Scenario Which Is The True Reflection Of The State Of NANS? 👤Salam: Smiles!!! I Was Once A Senator Of NANS In Which I Vividly Know That NANS Is An Ideological Organization In Which Genuine Senators Are To Vote For Their Choice And I Don't Expect Any Senators Who Control Thousand Of Students In Their Various Campuses To Behave Like That In This Forthcoming Election. 🗣Moshood: Now To The Legislative Organ Of NANS, The Present NANS Legislative Arm Under The Leadership Of Royce Ochai And Famuyibo Oluwasegun Who Are The Senate President And Deputy Senate President Respectively Has Been Toothless And Characterized By Poor Convening Of Legislative Sittings With Only Four Legislative Sittings Convened In The 16-Month Administration Of The Tijani Usman Led NANS. The Legislative Sitting Convened By The NANS Senate In Mid-September Last Year In Benue State University Was Attended By No More Than 23 Students, If Elected, How Do You Intend To Change This Ugly Scenario? How Do You Intend To Incorporate Parliamentary Leadership Of Student Unions In To NANS Legislative Arm And Spread The Ideals Of The Association To Campuses Through This Platform? 👤Salam: By God's Grace As Always Be Active In Any Position I Take Upon. By My Programs And Manifesto We Will Keep To Our Promises. Royce Ochai And My Amiable Deputy Have Been Doing Their Works Greatly And To The Best Of Their Knowledge. I Will Make Sure Of Even Distribution And Timely Information Across Campuses Through Media, Social Media As Well And Make Sure Genuine Presidents Are Represented So As To Feed Their House Back . 🗣Moshood: Fifth Question, At The Commencement Of The Strike Action By ASUU On July 2, 2013, Its National President Dr Nasir Faggae Lamented The State Of NANS. Dr Nasir Stated That Most Student Leaders In The Country Especially At The Level Of NANS Were Possible Drop-outs, Government Agents And Individuals Of Questionable Characters. He Stated Further ‘’ As A Union With A Stake In The Future Of Our Youths And Nation, ASUU Shall Use Her Networks To Monitor And Identify The True Status Of Those Who Parade Themselves As Student Leaders Nationwide. Hear Him Again, We Are Determined To Indigenise Student Unionism On Our Campuses’’. Thus, It Has Gotten To The Point Where Staff Unions Are Interested In Helping NANS Cleanse Its Own House, This Is A Big Shame On The Image Of The NANS, Considering The Fact That No Student Or Youth Organization Can Meddle In The Activities Of Pressure Groups Like ASUU, How Do You Think The Status Of NANS Can Be Reviewed From Its Current Status And Be Relevant In The Nigerian Polity Just Like Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) , Non Academic Staff Union Of Universities (NASU), Nigeria Union Of Teachers (NUT) Amongst Others? How Do You Think NANS Can Return To Its Pride Of Place As The Loud Voice Of Nigerian Students? How Do You Think In-house Cleansing Can Be Done In This Association And Repositioned For Glory? 👤Salam: Mr Moderator! The Problem Of NANS Starts From Our Various Local Unions As A Result Of Inability To Elect Legitimate Students Into The Various Portfolio. Kudos To The Current Selected Convention Planning Committee (CPC) Who Want To Make Everything Possible To Screen Out The Non-Students Out Of Game This Time Around All To Have Genuine Students Representative. By Doing This I Think NANS Will Actually Returns To Its Pride Of Place As Major Voice Of Nigerian Students. 🗣 Moshood: Last Question Before Proceeding To Recognize Questions From The Audience, Students Have Witnessed Several Anti-people And Pro-state Positions Of NANS In The Past, From The Association's Open Support Of The Obasanjo's Presidency Privatization Programmes, To The Support Of The Federal Government Against The Demand Of The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) For Upward Funding Of The Education Sector, The NANS Legislative Arm Is Crucial In Checkmating It's Executive Counterpart In Situations Like This, If Elected, Which Method Are You Going To Deploy Checkmating The Executive From Making Anti-students Move? 👤Salam: Remember Senate Arm Of NANS Would Be Promulgated Any Decisions Reached Will Be Binding On Students, Workers And Masses At Large ‬We Will Present Our Position To The National Assembly For Reversing Or Review That Certain Policy. 🗣Hon Khent: I'm Hon.Khent, The Gen-sec NAOSS OSUN OAU Please Sir Tell Us Maybe Three Flops From The Tijani Led Administration And How To You Intend To Solve This Problems 👤Salam: In The Administration Of My Pleasant President I Can't Actually Figure Out His Flops But If You Know You Can Tell Me. 🗣Kabir: Do You Think The NANS is Effective And Efficient Enough To Tackle The Victimisation Of Students Across Nigeria University? No, What Are Your Plans To Stop Victimisation Of Student Activists? 👤Salam: Yes NANS Is Effective And Efficient Enough To Tackle The Victimisation Of Students Across Nigerian Universities By Employing Use Of 3cs Of Resolution(Consultation, Consolidation And Confrontation). And Also By Having Our Own Legal Adviser. The Power Of Media For The Whole World To Know What Actually Transpired Cannot Be Underrated So As To Allow Activists To Come To Our Aid. 🗣Hon Man Pea: I'm Okeowo Olasunkanmi Peter (Hon Man Pea) Socioscope News Agency The E-I-C. ACJ Librarian. My Questions Are As Follows. 1. Oyejide, Please As The NANS Senate President In Embryo Please Kindly Highlights Your Plans To Prevent The Victimization Of Students Across Nigeria Universities As Prevention Is Said To Be Better Than Cure. 2. What Are Your Plans In Creating Better Unionism Among All Institutions Under NANS Umbrella, That would Prevent Different Schools Fighting Their Battle All Alone Without The Intervention Of Other Schools. 👤Salam: Okeowo Olasunkanmi Peter ! Both Questions Attracts A Single Answer. This Would Be Done By Orientation And Creation Of A Conducive Environment For The Union Officers And Students At Large On How To Apply Basic Approach To Any Issues Which Will Allow The Management To Sheath Their Sword. 🗣Moshood: We Have Come To The End Of The Interview As Comrade Salam Complain Of Low Battery. Many Thanks Group Members And News Agencies For Broadcasting This Interview. Thank You All. Credits To: Xperalbee Segabio & The Entire OAU SMARTBRAINS News Agency Team Ify Chuks(Jnr) EIC