At the inaugural meeting of the Great Ife Students’ Union Students Representative Council (SRC) for the 2024/2025 academic session, which was previously announced by the Speaker to be held at 1:00PM at Awolowo Café following the inauguration in the early hours of August 7, 2025, the Speaker of the SRC, Rt. Honourable Ademola Awe from the Faculty of Pharmacy, constituted the meeting alongside other parliamentarians, including the Hall Executives Council (HEC) members and the Central Executives Council (CEC) members.
During the sitting, the presidential speech was deliberated upon, and various questions arose regarding how the President’s vision would be implemented and realised. A question was raised about the availability and distribution of the constitution to the parliamentarians to assess the President’s speech in relation to the provisions of the constitution. The Speaker replied that the constitution would be distributed in subsequent sittings.
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Regarding matters arising from the previous parliamentary year, the issue of the receipt for students entering the halls of residence at resumption was discussed. It was decided that budgets and inventories should be presented to the sitting and approved by the sixth to seventh week of resumption to avoid some of the irregularities that occurred in the previous parliamentary year. The Assistant Secretary General, Olakunle Usman Okunola, objected, stating that his office was in a dilapidated condition at the inauguration and that he should not be held responsible for the damages.
The erstwhile Speaker of the Great Ife Students’ Representative Council for the 2023/2024 academic session, Oladepo Olakunle, was recognised, and he advised the parliamentarians to work hand in hand with the Central Executive Council to ensure a smooth journey and achieve the goals of the administration during their year of service. The members of the previous Central Executive Council of the student union also joined the sitting.
Another major issue raised and discussed by the parliamentarians was the matter of identity cards for each honourable member. Concerns were raised regarding the signatures that will be on the identity cards. The Speaker mentioned that the parliamentarians need to decide whether the identity cards will carry his sole signature, as there might be an issue if the school management does not assent to it. In addition, the Speaker ordered the submission of the inaugural gowns before 7:00pm today. He then called for a recess.