It’s official: Usman Barambu has been declared as the president-elect of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)
The Convention Planning Committee of the student body made the declaration in a communique issued on Monday, September 5
Barambu reportedly polled 292 votes to defeat his popular rival, Faruk Lawal, who polled just eight votes
The Convention Planning Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has reportedly released the list of the winners of the Saturday, September 3 elections of the student body.
The election results, which went controversial on Saturday, following the emergence of two factional presidents, have finally been cleared of all controversy, Nationnewslead reported.
Nationnewslead gathers that the committee declared Usman Barambu as the president-elect of the association after polling 292 votes to defeat his popular rival, Faruk Lawal, who polled just eight votes.
Other presidential contestants listed in the communique of the committee released on Monday, September 5, were Jibrin Idris (with four votes) and Nanven Haruna (two votes).
NANS election: Government ‘largesse’ tears association into two factions
Earlier, Nationnewslead reported that the leadership of NANS were split into two factions following alleged millions of government largesse to secure votes for a preferred candidate, Usman Umar Barambu of Federal university Dutse, Jigawa state.
Nationnewslead gathered three out of the five candidates vying for the position of NANS president were asked to step down for Barambu who has emerged victorious alongside Umar Farouk Lawal of Bayero University Kano, who is said to be the preferred candidate of the students.
A top member of the association who spoke to Nationnewslead on the outcome of the NANS presidential election confirmed that the process was bastardized to the extent that some allegedly ineligible candidates who were earlier disqualified got waivers to content in the poll.
2023: Yiaga Africa partners UNDP to promote youth participation in politics
In another report, in a bid to mobilize over 60 million young Nigerians to vote in the 2023 general elections, Yiaga Africa and the United Nations Development Programme on Saturday, August 6 organized a concert at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, Kubwa Abuja.
The event which was held in partnership with a comedian, Chukwuyem Israel, was aimed at using the platform of entertainment to promote the importance of youth participation in the electoral process.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the event, a senior research officer at Yiaga Africa, Michael Agada, said the concert is geared towards educating NYSC members on the imperativeness to participate actively in the democratic process ahead of the 2023 polls. Continue Reading
