Adeoye Lois and Adebowale Aminat

The National Association of English and Literary Studies, University of Ibadan (NASELS UI), held her first physical congress in the new academic session on Monday 24th June 2024 to fill the vacant executive positions in the department.

The President of the association, Babatunde Adamson, who doubled as the presiding officer opened the congress with the completion of a quorum. The General Secretary, Okoh Doris, read the minutes of the last congress, and the social director, Afolabi Gloria adopted the minutes as seconded by Eniola Awolesi.

The Congress, which was held at Room 71, was in response to the constitution which stipulates the process of conducting a by-election. 

In the meantime, NASELSites officially voted in Ajibade Haleemah, Lolade Olabiyi, and Korede Adeleye as the assistant general secretary, financial secretary, and director of sports respectively after the presentation of their manifestoes. 

In a call for the position of treasurer by the president, Adekunle Salau and Ekah Deborah from the 400-level constituent indicated their interest in filling the position. However, Adekunle Salau emerged victorious securing 17 votes out of the 28 votes.

The president then announced the commencement of the payment of basic dues from Tuesday, 25th of June 2024. He stated that the payment for dinner/award night has been made compulsory for finalists with an increment from ₦3,000 to ₦4,000. He added that the decision was backed up by the staff advisor, Dr. Charles Akinsete, who also featured briefly at the congress. In response to the increment, the finalists reacted with mixed feelings.

Also, the president addressed the WESTCOSELS’24 conference and urged all members of the association to actively participate in the programme. He hinted at the possibility of NASELS UI hosting the event, with which the department is expected to present 100 delegates and if not, members would be required to pay a registration fee of ₦10,000 for the event at any of the South Western states. 

Rounding off the congress, the social director, Afolabi Gloria solicited for the support and cooperation of NASELSites in bringing everyone together and to dutifully fill out the Google forms that are periodically sent to the departmental family WhatsApp page. 

The academic director, Adepoju Samuel also re-stated his dedication to the department, with an assurance that tutorials will soon commence in earnest. Therefore, he encouraged members to brace up for the semester. In addition. Korede Adeleye, the newly elected director of sports, urged every student, especially the freshers, to actively participate in sporting activities.