The widely reported parliamentary sitting of
Accounting Students' Representative Council
(ASRC) of the Nigeria Universities Accounting
Students' Association (NUASA), Obafemi
Awolowo Universities which allegedly turned
violent has been debunked by leaders of the
association and thus not true.


Below is the Press Statement made available to
OAU Peeps News Agency by the Association:


At this moment, it is a must for me to come
out and let the whole world know that
accounting students of Obafemi Awolowo
University are people of integrity and well-
mannered students. I as the president of
NUASA will not do anything that will tarnish the
good image many past leaders of the
association have shed blood and made a lot of
sacrifice to build. The release that there was a
fight at the last parliamentary sitting was
untrue and our press must always realize that
damaging images of people for popularity or for
the purpose of making money is not good
enough. As the pressmen are doing their job,
every ethics guiding the profession of
journalism must be obeyed.


It was unfortunate that the little disagreement
in the house between the Accounting Students'
Representative Council(ASRC) and the gallerias
could be escalated by some students who came
to the sitting as students but were there as
informants and went online to publish another
story which later caught the attention of
different news outlets and national dailies. A lot
of story in the publications were wrong. The
General Secretary the person of Oladiti
Oladotun was not suspended, there is no office
as the Director of Studies in NUASA, nobody
was attacked and what transpired between
some gallerias and Lasisi Afeez was amicably
settled by me and I was shocked when news
outlets reported that he was attacked.

The principle that has been guiding the present
administration is integrity and we have been
doing everything within our capacity to make
sure that the association funds are well
accounted for and our staff advisers, lecturers,
patrons and students can testify to this. More
so, let me make it known to the public that the
disagreement in the ASRC which was later
escalated by individuals has nothing to do with
money or financial report of our just concluded
summit. A constitutional matter was raised
during the sitting by a galleria which the
appropriate authority refused to recognized was
all that lead to the issue that has been hijacked
by the press.


The ASRC approved a budget of over 2.2million
for the summit and less than 1.8million was
spent for the three days summit. The summit
financial report has been submitted to
appropriate authority and has been verified and
approved by them. The Present NUASA leaders
have been nominated for many awards based
on our performances so far and we will not do
anything to tarnish the good image we have
labored so much to build. We appeal to all
news outlets to make their findings very well
before they publish anything and that money
and popularity should not always be the motive
for doing anything which in turn may have
negative effect on others. I want all nuasites to
be calm and that we must handle this issue
with all maturity.


Our lives are not determined by our challenges
but by how we handle every challenge we face.
We will always be committed to courses that
will add positive values to every student in the
association and our promise to always give you
our best still stands. Finally as paraphrased one
of my role models the person of Martin Luther
King Jr. "I refuse to accept despair as the final
response to the challenges of the present
moment". And I want to thank all NUASA past
executives, lecturers, patrons, corporate bodies,
students and other stakeholders for standing by
us at this crucial period in the life of our
association.

Signed

Adeoba V. Oluwadamilola (NUASA OAU
President)

Oladiti Oladotun Victor (NUASA OAU General
Secretary)

source: www.oaupeeps.com/2015/02/violence-reports-about-accounting.html?m=1