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OLAPADE OLUWAFEMI is the outgoing Chairman of the Students Representative Council in Crawford University (S.R.C.). He is also the former President of NESA (National Economics Students Association). A house hold name in the school, Femi is known as the Face of S.R.C. amongst the students. Although, not every student would reckon with him during his tenure as the Chairman, Femi notwithstanding developed a rep and carved a niche for himself as the Chairman of the S.R.C. He believes that the Council was somewhat successful in creating a model to follow for prospective members of the Council; Achievements were recorded no doubt and certain standards were set. The S.R.C. is a 16 member council that is composed of departmental Presidents across both colleges of Natural and Applied Sciences and Business and Social Sciences in the University. Last session, members of this council included Omope Tayo Brown (NUASA), Oluomoniyi Bukola (NAPSS), Agagu Ayo (NABAMS), Gbaja Adeoluwa (GEMSSA), Hannah...

DOSUNMU ADEDOYIN OLUWADAMILARE is the newly elected President of NAPSS (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS). In this exclusive interview with Akintola Esther of CRAWFORD STUDENTS PRESS CLUB, he discusses his plans for NAPSS. EXCERPTS: Q. Kindly introduce yourself. I am Dosunmu Adedoyin Oluwadamilare and I am the newly elected President of NAPSS. Q. You were the Vice President during BUKOLA OLUOMONIYI'S administration where she was the President.  Can you tell us what NAPSS achieved then? Yes, I was and it was great working with her. The administration started late due to the delay of the election which left us with a semester. As we all know that the second semester is usually filled with social activities but we ensured that tutorials were organized to sharpen the minds of students and a major achievement was the NAPSS week. Our week was the Best I suppose but I was surprised that it was adjudged the second Best Week after NESA according to the Rat...

JEGEDE SAMUEL is the outgoing General Secretary of the Students Representative Council (S.R.C.), 015/2016 session of Crawford University. He is also the outgoing President of NACOSS (the National Association of Computer Science Students). In this exclusive interview with ADEOYE DANIEL of CRAWFORD STUDENTS PRESS CLUB, he discusses about the activities of the Students Representative Council (S.R.C.) in the 2015/2016 session. EXCERPTS: Q.  You are the outgoing General Secretary of the Students Representative Council (S.R.C.) and the fact is that it wasn’t all rosy during your tenure. Can you describe it for us? Well, like you said, it was not easy for us as the Students Representative Council (S.R.C.) and for me as the General Secretary. There were tough times, the times of insults from fellow students and so on. There were good times also and after all being said and done, we are done with our tenure and here we are. Q. Uneasy, tough times, insults? Kindly shed more light...

ABOH JOSEPH is the newly elected President of NACOSS (the National Association of Computer Science Students. In this exclusive interview with ADEOYE DANIEL of CRAWFORD STUDENTS PRESS CLUB, he discusses his planned objectives and goals for the new academic session. He also has a message for the executive members of his administration). Excerpts: Q. Kindly introduce yourself? My name is Aboh Joseph, I am from Ogoja in Cross River state but I am domiciled in Rivers state. Q. You were recently elected as NACOSS’s new President. You must have been feeling yourself since then, Right?  *Chuckles* Thank you for that question. Well, it is a very good thing for me. All through my life, I have been in one leadership position or the other. Thus I feel it is a platform for me to be able to express my leadership skills and you know… take the department forward. Q. What are your set aims/objectives and goals for NACOSS as an Association? Before I came on board and even before ...

Crawford University has just vacated for the 2015/2016 session recently. This was after the conclusion of the Harmattan semester’s examination which rounded up proceedings for the session. The examinations began on the 13th of June and ended on 25th June. As a result, the Crawford Students Press Club has conducted an overview into the just-concluded academic session, placing focus on the key area of the university community as a whole in terms of development and School management. The 2015/2016 session witnessed a lot of events, new developmental beginnings for the University as a whole. It was the first year of the university’s current Vice Chancellor Prof. Rotimi Ajayi Isaac (who was appointed in September 2015 after the tenure expiration of the former Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samson Ayanlaja). Prof Ajayi’s first year can be described as a phenomenal one where He embarked on major developmental projects in the school. As disclosed by him in the first meeting he had with the Pres...