Richard Elesho
The Student Union Government, SUG, and National Association of Kogi State Students, NAKOSS, of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, for the 2024/2025 academic session has been inaugurated.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held for the SUG and the NAKOSS on Monday 4th November 2024 at the 200 Twin Lecture Theatre of the Polytechnic’s main campus, the new executives were implored to sustain the value of their campaigns as true students’ unionism that will cater for the yearnings of the students’ welfare.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman who congratulated the new leadership of both the SUG and NAKOSS charged them to lead by example worthy of emulation and to be remembered for good.
He advised the new students’ leadership against a divisive approach as good governance has no colouration of religion or tribe.
Usman who also commended the electoral committee for conducting free, fair and transparent polls appreciated the candidates who conceded defeat for their spirit of sportsmanship just as he advised the winners to exemplify the attitude of good leaders by carrying them along.
Usman who advised the students against being used as willing tools by politicians, however, assured the executives that his administration will continue to make the welfare and well-being of students his top priority.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of, the Electoral Committee Dr Engr. Adamu Mohammed Alaji commended the students for their orderliness and also appreciated the Polytechnic management and members of his committee for their support through the process.
In their separate remarks, the Dean, of Students Services, Dr John Adavuruku Aliyu; Chief Security Officer of the Polytechnic, Mr Emmanuel Attah Onuh and the Director of Legal Services, Barrister Wiliams Ameh advised the new executives to use their new roles to strengthen peaceful coexistence on the campus, build on the successes of their predecessors and be on the side of the law always as well as be good ambassadors of the institution.
The new President of SUG, Comrade Enimokanyi Oluwadamilola Janet in her acceptance speech appreciated her co-contestants for their spirit of sportsmanship just as she promised to be magnanimous in victory.
She assured the students that the SUG under her watch would raise the bar of student unionism that would cater more for students just as solicited the support of all.
Similarly, the newly inaugurated NAKOSS President, Abubakar Isah Sheriff promised that his reign would ensure that indigenes of Kogi State at Kogi State Polytechnic will be well represented.
Highlights of the inauguration were the administration of the oath of office to the new executives of both SUG and NAKOSS and the issuance of certificates of return.