LASU students use e-voting to elect new excos
January 21, 2014 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Students of the Lagos State University, Ojo on Monday elected a new executive to direct their affairs for the 2013/2014 session.
The election took place via an electronic voting process.
Nurudeen Yusuf, popularly known as “Optimist,” emerged as the president, with 558 votes. He defeated four other candidates.
The LASU Student Union Independent
Electoral Chairman, Onikoyi Tajudeen, said the e-voting offered the
students the opportunity to witness a free and fair election.
He said, “For the past decades, all
election procedures have been marred with malpractice. The e-voting
system is thus the easiest means because it saves time. Though it has
its challenges, it reduces the cost of resources. More importantly, it
is the best means of organising a free, fair and credible election.
“The e-voting is important because every
research begins in the university. Since innovation starts from
university, then where else could the e-voting have started from if not
from here? The initiative introduced to the school by the engineering
students is a welcome development concerning how elections are to be
conducted in not just the school but in the country at large.”
Another student, Kabiawu Anuoluwapo,
said, “The e-voting is a good development that Nigeria as a country
should adopt. It will hinder any form of rigging if there is no
manipulation of the computer programme or software.”
Also, another student, Olumide Oyatokun,
said of the process, “It was stress-free. You did not have to queue for
long just to vote. There was no snatching of ballot boxes.”
http://www.punchng.com/education/lasu-students-use-e-voting-to-elect-new-excos/
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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