The
aims and objectives of ZTC as observers of S.U.G ELECTION are to ensure Free,
Fair and Credible election in Bayero University, Kano. It has become part of
tradition of BUKIECO to invite ZTC to organize a Presidential debate for the aspirants,
of which BUKIECO provided all the logistic needed for the debate. ZTC members and official provide questions
and also host the events, we have invited Dignitaries to which Dr. Muhmud M.
Lawal ASUU chairman BUK chapter, Mallam Abdulmalik Auwal, the PATRON NAPSS and
some lectures in attendances, it was quite unique and marvelous different from
the previous year’s, even though the crowd made a lot of turmoil in trying to
support their aspirants, but the Presidential aspirants were able to voice out
what they intended doing for BUKITES if elected to offices.
We
have 19 Polling units across the campus that covers the various faculties in BUK;
therefore we divided our self into two people per each Polling unit, with tags
that will identify a member as an observer. On 10th April, 2014 as
early as 9am, am at the Security Office BUK new site, very surprisingly BUKIECO
has already made all the arrangement and fully prepare for the election, they also brought out the ballot papers in
ballot box which is been allocated to a Presiding officer and Polling Clerk
that covers the whole 19 Polling units. By 9:30am with aid of the Security Personal
we go round in dispatching Presiding officers, Polling Clerk, their materials
and with two security men to their various Polling units.
As
I compile the observation of my members and also go round to the two campuses,
election commence as exactly as 10:09am, in some places 10:30, in Mass Comm.
10:40am. The Presiding officer read the rules and regulations guiding the
election alone side count the ballot papers, register the agents of the various
aspirants of all the positions in Executives and Senators.
Categorically
students of BUK lack Political culture to which, they don’t know even who to
vote for, only the Agents dictate who they are going to vote for, this made the
Polling unit very nasty, unscrupulous, as if we are in a war field where
exchange of fire is going on, I tend to wonder the difference between we
students and outsiders, in some faculties like Law, they are even fighting
tearing the ballot paper to which I even met the Presiding officer to stop the
election but he prove as far as he sign and stamp the ballot paper, he has no
problem with their attitude of voting.
In
some Polling unit it was quite well arrange to which the Agents cooperate with
the security personal and have a peaceful election without any rudeness,
secondly the turn out for the election is very poor, to which students are not
up to four thousand that came out to vote, the President with the highest vote,
has one thousand two hundreds and ninety two vote, in compare to the previous
year where the Presidents with the highest votes, has three thousand and six
hundred vote.
As
exactly as 3pm the election should be legally stopped, but in some Polling
units, it takes an additional hour while other places it takes half an hour,
this create rivalry between Agents and the Presiding officers, Polling unit
like FAIS, as I interact with the Presiding officer, he laments why he add an
additional time, to enable him finish the students that, he collected their I.D
Card as exactly as 3pm. This creates a lot of violence to the extent that the
security man has to run with the ballot box and the students also follow him,
fighting and chanting, that they have to defend their ballot papers. Before a
group of security men came with car and rescue the ballot box to the security
office of which it was counted there.
Before
the compilation of each polling units election results it was around 10pm in new
site while in old site some polling units reached 12am before their result is
been brought to new site security office for total compilation of the result
and in each Polling units there were Agents of each contestant as well after
the compilation, they would sign beneath indicating that, they accept the
result. Finally, the result is been voice out by BUKIECO and winners were declared
but the campus Agents of Maigari Sani Auwal refuse to sign the election result
as they are dissatisfied with election result.
Conclusively,
the election was conducted and for the first time, after the election result
was counted and pasted as soon as
possible there in for students to also see, the election materials were
distributed very early without any delay and no any were of missing ballot
paper except that of faculty of law were 46 ballot paper were missing.
Recommendations
·
Proper awareness should be made by
BUKIECO that would devoid Political Apathy
·
Lecture free day should be declare for
every election day
·
BUKIECO should be prudent in discharging
their responsibilities
Cc:
BUKIECO
Cc:
PATRON ZTC-BUK
Cc:
HEAD OF MEDIA EFCC, KANO STATE.
