TENSION
GRIPS SUG ASPIRANTS AS CUECO DELAYS SCREENING RESULT LIST
The
current trend of the SUG election blowing across the University of Calabar
community, following series of events such as “consultations”, “disguised
campaigns” and lobby for popularity as well as other events arising from motive
to win come Wednesday, 6th has been taken to another level since
CUECO, the organising body of the SUG elections constituted by the University,
flagged-off the official phase of the electioneering process.
Thursday,
July 31st 2014 was the day set aside for aspirants to be screened by
the organising body – CUECO. It can be said that most, if not all, of the
aspirants have developed high-fever as an aftermath of the screening process.
This is evident in the visible tension that has gripped aspirants and their
supporters, arising from speculations making the rounds in the Republik. Such
speculations have it that some aspirants have been disqualified on grounds of
lack of eligibility to stand for elections as provided by the University of
Calabar SUG Constitution. In a close chat with some Malabites, speculations
have it that, some of the Aspirants lack the required CGPA for eligibility to
contest for SUG elections, others even went as far as purporting that all the aspirants
for the office of the Secretary General were disqualified on grounds of
insufficient CGPA for the office. It must be noted at this point that the SUG
constitution states in section 48(4b) that “A member shall be disqualified from
contesting or holding union office if he aspires to any executive post of the
union but has a CGPA of less than 3.5 for the office of the President and
Secretary general and 3.0 for other offices and 2.75 for Parliamentarians’’.
Be that as it may, there is hardly a smoke without fire, as the University community awaits the publication of the screened aspirants by CUECO. With this imbroglio, several questions take center stage; could this mean there’s a decline in academic performance among students of the University? Why is there such scarcity in high CGPA among aspirants? Would this occurrence lead to some aspirants contesting unopposed for certain offices?
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