UI’SU House Secretary Fined 10k with Community Service for Misdirection of Union’s Funds

By: Fagbemi Joshua (The Scribe)

In its 3rd plenary session held on Saturday, January 20, 2024 by the 10th Assembly, Students’ Representative Council at the SRC Chamber, the House has fined the House Secretary of the Union, Oluwole Ayomide, an amount of 10,000 naira plus a compulsory community service for directing the Union’s funds into his personal account.

In a previous signed letter by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Omotunde to the House Disciplinary Committee, dated Thursday, November 30, 2023, he expressed that the House Secretary has been illegally charging for use of the SRC Chamber and also diverting the Union’s funds into his personal account.

The decision by the House to take the final disciplinary action was followed by the Disciplinary Committee Report by Hon. Akinola Emmanuel which found the House Secretary guilty of the alleged offense.

When responding to the allegations during the plenary session, the House Secretary, Oluwole Ayomide (also known as Sanjay) apologized to the House for an oversight which resulted in not following appropriate guidelines regarding charging and remittance of funds for usage of the Union’s facilities, especially the SRC Chamber.

The kind of community service to be rendered by the House Secretary was not stated by the Council. Also, the House Secretary, during the plenary session, presented the budget for the upcoming Kunle Adepeju Memorial Day.