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FATSSSA HOUSE OF REPS APPROVED N186,900 FOR PICNIC, OTHERS...


By Emmanuel Ajiboye

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The Faculty of The Social Sciences Students Association House of Representatives had on Friday approved the sum of N186,900 as running cost for the FATSSSA picnic tagged Amapiano, which the Executives were organizing, specifically under the office of the Director of Socials. This was after the President of the association Mr Josiah Obong Josiah defended a proposed budget of the same amount before the Hallowed Chamber. The sitting held inside the premises of Room 036 in the Faculty’s basement and began around 11 O’clock in the morning. The FHR also approved the sum of N31,000 for the Executive Council’s expenses through the remainder of the session, as well as the sum of N47,060 as running cost for the Parliament. The bulk of the FHR running cost was however earmarked for the welfare of the Representatives themselves, basically the cost for their food provision during the House proceedings. This was numerically equal to about 300naira to feed each representative at each sitting through the semester.

For the FATSSSA picnic, the passed budget was meant to secure the venue of the event, the necessary decorations, pieces of meat for those present, two kegs of palm wine and excess Chapman for those with aversion against palm wine.

A debate was initiated mid-way about the appropriateness of extending the Parliamentarians’ sitting welfare to the Executives as well, since oftentimes they are co-participants in the House proceedings, but the idea could not secure popular support among the Representatives.

Conspicuously absent from the sitting were some prominent members of the Executives Council, such as the Financial Secretary Miss Megafortune Balogun, the PRO of the association as well as the Director of Socials, Mr Adeinran Adedayo. Also absent were good number of the Representatives, including the Chief Whip Mr. Felix, representing Geography 200Level.

 

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