The Yinka Odumakin debate and lecture’s maiden edition concluded on April 3rd with the final rounds of the debate competition and lecture at the Oduduwa Hall. The debate and lecture which was organized was in honour of renowned activist and former Public Relations Officer of the Union, Yinka Odumakin.
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The Great Ife Students Union’s Public Relations Officer, Omisore Elijah, delivered a welcome address on behalf of the union. He welcomed the esteemed university principal, students, and guests. The event featured a documentary about the lifetime and burial of Comrade Yinka Odumakin. Following the documentary, M.Y. Alli, the first inaugural poet of Obafemi Awolowo University, performed a spoken word.
A message of goodwill was delivered by popular Radio Host and Political Analyst Edmund Obilo. Debo Oladinni, the senior legal adviser to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, who was representing Honourable Wole Jimi-Bada, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Osun State, also gave a message of goodwill.
Mr Femi Fálànà (SAN) was represented by Professor Wumi Raji, who delivered his speech. The speech comprised a history of Yinka Odunmakin’s life and activism movements. The speech also discussed the Students’ loan and its prospects.
Thereafter, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin discussed the life and times of Yinka Odunmakin. A posthumous award was presented in honour of Yinka Odumakin to Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin by the Dean of Students’ Affairs and Mrs. Odumakin dedicated the award to the masses.
Faculty Of Law Triumph, Crowned Master Of Debate
Recall it was reported by ACJOAU that the four faculties that made it to the finals were the Faculty of Arts, Agriculture, Law and Technology.
The chief speakers of each Faculty had 5 minutes to speak while the supporting speakers had 3 minutes. The modalities remained the same as that of yesterday. The debate started with the Faculty of Agriculture chief speaker supporting the motion. The Faculty of Law chief speaker opposed the motion.
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The chief speaker from the Faculty of Art thereafter spoke to support the motion. The chief speaker from the faculty of Technology also spoke. Thereafter, the supporting speakers spoke for 3 minutes each in the same order. After all the debaters were done, the Judges gave some feedback on how the grading went.
The faculty of Law emerged as the winner of the debate with 86.75points, the Faculty of Agriculture clinched second with 85.25points and the Faculty of Arts came third with 81.5points, which cash prizes of ₦200,000, ₦100,000 and ₦50,000 presented to the winning faculties respectively.
It should be noted that the Faculty of Law previously triumphed in the Students’ Union Freshers‘ Orientation Debate Competition earlier conducted this session as part of the activities of the Freshers’ Week organized by the Vice President of the Students’ Union.