Last year the faculty was embroiled in an uproar, when Lawsans and parliament in particular discovered how much the electoral commission headed by Maduka Chibueze (Now a graduate), expended on the electoral process and how much of that money members of the commission took home as pay day.
#ElecoBringBackOurMoney was the trend of the faculty at the time and when Ehiwe Osamudiamen (Now a graduate), who was the secretary appeared before parliament to give an account, he maintained and logically too that, there were no laws guiding the commission, and all the commission did was follow conventional practice, including the fact that they had approval from the then staff adviser - Barrister Atchi, congressmen were livid and hon Peter Abada famously exclaimed - "Lawsa has been raped! She is bleeding and screaming profusely from pains!"
This was the genesis, so that when the opportunity presented itself by virtue of the recent constitutional amendment, parliament without hesitation dived in and proceeded to curtailed the powers of the body named "Lawsa Electoral Commission".
Present Day - Electoral commission for the 2016 / 2017 session was setup by the then Staff Adviser - Nelson Ojukwu-Ogba.
The commission had comprised as members -
Justice Otabor (500level) - Chairman
Ene Precious (400level) - Secretary
Lawrence Ezeali (300level)
Emmanuel (200level)
Faith (100level) .
ULP ran a quick estimate of monies realized as revenue by the commission with a view to keeping Lawsans informed and in a bid to make sure Lawsa has not been "raped" again.
REVENUE ACCRUED FROM SALES OF FORMS!
(EXECUTIVE)
Presidency - 5000 x 3aspirants -N15000.
Vice Presidency - 4500 x2aspirants - N9000.
Secretary General - 4500 x2aspirants - N9000.
Attorney General - 4000 x1aspirant - N4000.
Financial Secretary - 4000 x2aspirants - N8000.
D.o.sports - 4000 x1aspirant - N4000.
D.O.Socials - 4000 x1aspirant - N4000.
P.R.O - 4000 x2aspirants - N8000.
Assistant Financial Secretary - 4000 x1aspirant - N4000.
TOTAL - N65000
(CONGRESS)
400level - 500 x 10aspirants - N5000.
300level - 500 x 10aspirants - N5000.
200level - 500 x14aspirants - N7000.
100level - 500 x16aspirants - N8000.
TOTAL - N25000.
SUM TOTAL - N90000.
Please note that this sum is merely presumptory and can be rebutted by the commission.
By virtue of Section 39 (8), of the newly amended LAWSA Constitution, the commission is entitled to twenty percent (20%) of the total revenue realized as renumeraton.
20% of N90000 = N18000.
Renumeraton subtracted from TOTAL REVENUE - N90000 - N18000.
Leaving a balance of - N72000.
The big question is - Can Our Electoral commission account for Seventy two thousand (N72000)?
We'll just have to wait till they appear before congress next session to give an account to find out.
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