It’s a rather terrible idea, what these food companies are doing. “What is?” you might ask. Well, let me tell you. In recent times thanks to flavour technology, there has been a massive shift from whole foods to junk food. Evidence has shown whole foods have gotten blander owing to the constant drive over the years to maximise agricultural production. This begs the question, “Why do you eat certain foods? Better yet, why do you eat what you eat?” According…
Early Tuesday morning, the Electoral Commission released the screening results of the executive aspirants. This three-page document brought surprises, one of which was the disqualification of the Financial Secretary aspirant, Sen Yeshua Adedeji. She was disqualified on two grounds;1.) Failure to meet the Eligibility Criteria as stated in the constitution (Chapter 3, Article VIIIa, Number 2: Other executive Offices except the SDO Preclinical MUST have served in at least a standing committee of the association relevant to the office being…
The aspirant for the position of Vice-president, Miss Yomi Fola- Oyetayo has withdrawn from the electoral race. This comes after it was reported by the Press that during the screening process that held on Monday, 25th of April, 2022, her friend was said to have changed her time of arrival from 5.01pm to 4.58pm. This report generated alot of uproar from UIMSAites as they debated on whether a candidate that allowed her friend to alter her time, had the integrity…
A politician’s tongue is for kneading dough of lies into sugary cake (& according to research, people are admirers of cakes…) His mouth wears thousand promises all at once. He says he is a god, long-awaited rain, your umbrella in the hot sun, your season of peace… etc A politician is a singing serpent across the street preaching of healing “come to me, oh ye lepers & i’ll make you whole” His heart Is an aboki knife Sharper than Sango’s…
It has been an interesting couple of weeks since the lift of the UIMSA electoral ban. This has led to a myriad of campaigns in so many forms than has ever been seen before in UIMSA. Many may attribute this feat to the two presidential aspirants. To say that these two ladies, Ms. Jaachimma Nwagbara and Ms. Eniola Akinnuoye , are overqualified for these post will be an understatement. However, it is only natural that the more worthy you consider…
“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.” ~ Robert M. Hutchins The UIMSA elections are around the corner and while some positions have a number of people vying for them, most notably the presidential seat, others have no one or just one person gunning for them. This presents a problem as there wouldn’t really be any voting for the best candidate. You would…
Following the issue of the 2K24 Class Voting rights brought to light; members of the Senate have been divided on how to progress on the matter. Some senators believe the class in question should be represented in the coming elections according to the constitution. The 2k24 class does not have the right to vote in the coming elections based on the document released by the electoral committee recently. This conclusion is borne from the fact that the 2k24 class have…
Michelle Obama once said ” No Country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprive itself of the contribution of half its citizens” . Simply put, both gender must have fair representation in leadership positions.This year’s candidates in UIMSA and by extension tenure will change the usual and set precedence for many more. It is worth noting that the candidates vying for most, if not all of the key positions in UIMSA Executives Council…
The University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association (UIMSA) is on its way to redefining its age-long leadership status quo. This association which was established in the year 1960 has never experienced the high involvement of females in its electioneering processes and campaigns. In the past, the penchant has been for females to compete for the position of Vice-Presidents. Moreover, it is not far from the fact that the hard glass ceilings narrative that persists globally, constricts females’ leadership aspirations. However,…
December 31st 1983, the Nigerian government (headed by the democratically elected President Shehu Shagari) was overthrown in a military coup led by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, and a new military government led by Buhari was established. On his second day in power, Buhari issued a list of former government officials accused of a variety of crimes. Umaru Dikko, the transportation minister of the Shehu Shagari administration was at the top of this list for supposedly embezzling several billion US dollars (sources…