To whom much is selflessly and gladly given, much is, in fairness, expected. In the past 1 month of conducting the delegate election which has elected you, Adeola Babatunde AbdulGaniyu, Babs, every conscious and grateful student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic should rain eulogy on Mr. President, Babs, and to an extent, his cabinet coordinating the affairs of the students as their representative.
Seeing the popularly-elected President of the Students’ Union Government controlling queues to aid decorum in the transportation of the students is commendable. The crowd, if not coordinated, often turns into survival of the fittest. Weak students usually suffer the brunt of jostling for bus to ferry them to their various destination. Transportation problem and the polytechnic are like twin brothers and their tribal marks: existing from time immemorial and seeming indelible.
Like most students hold the notion that pride overshadow elected representatives that they jilt their electors later; create a social distance that has the interpretation of irresponsiblility, between the elector and the elected.
Babs, Mr. President corned the chronicle as he displayed his genuine leadership qualities by building his palace amidst his kinsmen which he governs. That is an applaudable character chastised by most governments in our society! The students put their two hands up for you on this! You are indeed the man of the people!
However, there are more works, more responsibilities to be responsive to.
Babs, betterment has the bottomline of your electoral promises. Thus, speaking for the students populace, everyone is tired of the dearth of buses. In the past week, some students have been lamenting the sudden disappearance of NAPEP that should be in place to fast-track students from the school gate to their various departments. Time wasted waiting for buses or shuttles is an indirect effect of disappeared NAPEP, an ordeal that needs to be dealt with.
Like noted in the last letter –quite sure you received it wholeheartedly, – our reputable road has no K-legs. Not at all. But drivers driving on the road often cry out to students to plead with the SUG President to meet with our able-governor, Dapo Abiodun to have pity on the long-ailing road. The road is not that messy, you know.
Quick one: recently, there is a heap of sand-like granite lying on the road, symbolizing it is about to be filled as usual. How long do we have to call a bad dog a good name without leaving it? Is the governor of the state or whoever is filling the mouth of the earth with sand, that later or sooner will be wash away by flood, not tired of wasteful philanthropy? Transportation issue is tantamount to the students as well as other bedded issues.
Babs, sir, every step you and your cabinet take, the students wish you well but they implore you jog or run; and not walk the walk because, walking the walk always comes with talking the talk; and talking the talk will take us no where. Action pronto! Action immediately!
Quadri Yahya is an ND2 student of the department of Mass Communication
