An interview by
Fadeyi Margret with one of the aspirants for the post of President.
Can i meet you?
My name is Mustapha Hamidu Adegbenga, a 300level
student of school of health information management, university college
hospital, ibadan.
Do you have any
aspiration?
Yes
Which post if I may
ask?
President
Great! So what is
your motivation, why are considering the
presidential office?
The main thing that motivated me was the situation
of the union in this institution and also the students are been deprived of
some activities in the school. There are a lot of things happening. Let us take
a look at the immediate past tenure. We know what we experienced and we can’t
continue like that
What are the
things we experienced?
I am not at liberty to say that, because we are all
aware of the things going on. We need to change, not just an ordinary change,
we need a positive change.
So you are
planning to work towards the positive change?
Yes.
So if
peradventure you are the next elected President, what are the things you have
for the students and that will surely be of benefit to the students?
Before any SUB or any government can achieve
anything, it requires the support of the masses and you know we operate
democracy government in which the SRC ( student representative council) have to
checkmate the activities of the executive body. Assuming i win the election,
there is nothing we can do without the involvement of the SRC. But we have a lot of plans for the students.
You perform very
well in your courses.
Yes
Peradventure you
are the next president, how are you going to balance politics and academics?
To me academic life and politics are the same thing
because in SHIM, we do not learn to read and write alone, we also learn how to
manage time. What we manage is not just patients; we manage our time, patients
and our subordinates. I have been a class Rep for two years now and i have been able to manage with the stress of the class
Rep and i believe i will be able to cope even with my academics and politics.
Do you think your
religious life will have an impact on politics?
It will not
Because most of
the Moslems i know are straight forward, plain, hate cheating and they are not
easy to compromise
Yes, it is true
So how are you
going to handle the whole thing?
I believe majority of the students in school have
lost hope in what we call unionism in the school. In order to gain back their
trust and to bring back the lost glory of the union, they need someone that is
plain, transparent and will be able to account for the events of the Union.
That's great.
It's a pleasure having a conversation with you
Same here
Mr. Mustapha
Hamid, thank you for your time
You are welcome
i wish you the
best of luck in the next election.
Amen, thank you.
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