“If you feed the people just with revolutionary slogans, they will listen today, they will listen tomorrow, they will listen the day after tomorrow, but on the fourth day they will say, ‘to hell with you".
As part of the processes for every elections, the Association of Mass Communication Students held a manifesto hearing for her aspirants on Friday, the 30th of July, 2021.
Scheduled to begin at 12:00pm, all aspirants and some onlookers were gathered at the venue on time.
The ELCOMS chairman introduced and opened the agenda for the day. Aspirants were asked to distribute printed copies of their manifestos so that all present could follow as they made their presentations.
Beginning by descending order, the first candidate was called; Dawang Emmanuel for the post of the Library Secretary. He ran through his campaign briefly and they included: making sure the library is well organised, keeping a full record of the activities of the library and his main aim according to him, “convert some material books to PDF to encourage e-learning". He also stated a primary aim which was to assist other members of the executive board.
Next was the candidate for assistant Secretary General, Umahi Emmanuel Prince. To the amazement of the house as this was something new, the aspirant stated his aim to “form a press club of interested students with the assistance of the Secretary General and other executives if elected, which will create news content and stories relatable to both staff and students to encourage students with writing talents".
Ninlang Hamida, candidate for Provost Marshal's main aim could be rounded up to ‘restoration of peace and unity’. She expressed her wish to maintain order during gatherings and create peaceful relationships amongst students of all levels.
Candidate for the post of the Director of Sports, Azitta Benjamin Jerry came on stage wearing a track trouser and a black sports shirt on canvas. This candidate expressed his love for sports in not so many but undiniable ways. Among his aspirations if elected into the position, he stated that he will ‘organise trainings for players and coaches and make sure every sportsman has a benefit attached to his sports participation’. He also expressed his wish for the exploitation of all sports available and the improvement of sporting experiences and introducing more people to sports.
The fifth candidate by descending order; Amos Sunday for the post of Director of Socials had the aim to create lasting relationships if elected. He also caught the attention of many when he stated that he will make buses available to convey students back to their destinations after dinner because of an experience he had when he had to trek home at night after the dinner one year.
Again, he drew the attention of the house with his aim to organise a gospel concert for Christian students and also support Muslim students in whatever activity they plan to engage in.
The post of the Welfare Secretary had two candidates: Generous Dabien and Deborah Philip Gowal. They both shared interesting dreams for the department if elected. Generous during the week, had expressed her desire to keep the departmet's bathroom clean by personally cleaning it and providing brooms and detergent. She also stated that if she is elected, she will ‘go to the appropriate authority to make sure that cleaners are allocated to the bathroom and paid’.
Deborah also gained the crowd’s interest with her desire to reach out to students lacking in one way or the other (sickness, depression, finances) with the help of course representatives and also sourcing for funds for projects like providing refreshment at important gatherings.
Sani Omobunde, candidate for the post of the Public Relations Officer shared his goal to expand social platforms e.g, telegram which will accommodate all students unlike WhatsApp where only half of the association’s students are participants.
His next aim to provide a 24-hour hotline earned him questions like, ‘who will take the calls?’ and also, ‘would someone take calls even at nights?’. The audience was more accepting of his aim to organise online campaigns for the addressing of important issues where physical ones cannot be held.
“There are honest politicians. They haven't won the election yet”.
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