Education
Reactions As Female SUG President Appoints 50 Aides
The female president of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Comrade Blessing Alims Iripia, has sparked reactions on social media after she appointed 50 aides to work with her.
The SUG President who posted the list of 50 appointed aides on her Facebook page wrote, “After carefully examining and assessing the following individuals based on their conduct, credibility, enthusiasm, transparency, and commitment to the Students’ Union Government’s progress and advancement, I am pleased to announce the following appointments for the efficient operation of Blessing_Alims_Led_Administration.”
Screenshots of appointment list below 👇
While some netizens congratulated the 50 appointed aides of the UNICAL SUG president, others criticized the appointment.
See some reactions gathered by GWG.ng from Facebook and X:
Surveyor Gabriel questioned, “50 appointees (aides) only for SUG?”
Genesis Nfam reacted, This is so laughable. What’s all these na.🤣🤣🤣
@Atisonnet said, “NEWS: Blessing Alims, UniCal SUG President, appoints 50 persons as aides:
“ME: Na so waste in govt dey start. What if she becomes the governor of her state? She go just pack 1.5K aides like 1 governor from the North East.”
@edemoko said, “If they don’t stop this girl now she’s carry this attitude of waste into circular politics. Has she not heard part of the demands of the #EndBadGovernance today in the country is that tinubu should cut cost of governance? Just imagine!”
@nellycee02 said, “Which time will they now have to study which is their primary aim at the university? This is how e dey take start & they will be among those shouting upandan #EndBadGovernacein Nigeria.”
@edermoko said, She learned from Ayade.”
Meanwhile, GWG.ng gathered that in July 2023, Nigerians reacted to the appointment of no fewer than 30 aides by Comrade Abasifreke Benson, the President of the Students’ Union (SUG) at Akwa Ibom State University.
One of the reactions came from a renowned human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, as he took to his Facebook page to call out the student leader over the development.
He described the appointments of 50 aides to the UNICAL SUG president as a destructive political culture that has taken over Nigerian higher institutions.
He wrote, “His Excellency, the President, and Commander-in-Chief of the Students’ Union Government, Akwa Ibom State University, Comrade Abasifreke Benson, has very important information for the general public. I missed a lot that year when I served as President of the Students’ Representatives Council (SRC), Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus, without a single aide.
“What will the President of the Union then be doing in view of this long list of “appointees and aides?” His Excellency forgot to appoint a Senior Special Adviser and a Special Adviser on Legal Matters.
“There is a terrible political culture that has evolved in Akwa Ibom State; the culture of seeing ‘political appointments’ and proximity to power as the beginning and the end of life. This destructive political culture has infested higher institutions and is very sad.”
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