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AMCOMS Congress gone wrong (2)

After the announcement by the Secretary General, where the figure squandered by the president and financial secretary was mentioned, the P .R .O reached the president via a phone call as was seen happening life on the stage the executives were seated. The Secretary General in turn announced to the general audience that the president was on his way to the venue.  Before the arrival of the President, the financial secretary made his entrance through the back door, his presence was announced and he was given a seat in front. A significant correspondence by Mrs Oprah, a 300 level student, shook the house. She pointed out a few mistakes on the part of the executives; “a speech should have been made by the chairperson present at the beginning of the meeting after the adoption of the previous minute, informing the house about the issue of the misappropriation of funds by the president and the financial secretary and their exact reasons for not being in attendance”. In her opinion, this wo...

AMCOMS Congress gone wrong.

The acronym AMCOMS stands for Association of Mass Communication Students. This body, just like any other body in an organised environment, stands to represent members of a particular department/association of people.  Today, the 19th of March, 2021, the association, headed by its officials, held a very interesting Congress; the first for the 2019/2020 session. Before today, an announcement was sent to the general platform on WhatsApp and to the various classes. The announcement stated that “all amcomsites are expected to come out, en masse as crucial issues will be discussed”. The key word being ‘crucial’. Wonder why the P.R.O had to stress that. In my interactions with students before the commencement of the Congress today, I gathered that there were indeed crucial issues to be discussed. According to some, rumours had been flying around within the week about the president and financial secretary being suspended for something. Most people were in attendance because they wanted to ...