Winners have emerged at the end of the just concluded 2019 Students’ Union election of Akwa Ibom State University. The exercise which was held Friday, witnessed an impressive participation by students of Akwa Ibom State University in both campuses.

During the electronic voting exercise, registered and duly accredited voters were required to logon to the election website, vote and monitor the 4 hour exercise. Earlier before the exercise, each voter was handed via SMS, a secured voting token in order to participate in the process. A situation room was also created where the contestants, their agents and other election officials sat to track the progress of the exercise from start to finish.

Speaking at the end of the exercise, the Students’ Affairs Dean of Akwa Ibom State University, Dr. Aniefiok Otu, expressed satisfaction at the conduct of the students during the process. He commended and singled-out for praise, the Akwa Ibom State University ICT Directorate for the delivering such an robust and user friendly election application at very short notice. He wondered why such a system has not been adopted by the Nigerian Government over the years.

Announcing the results, the Chairman of the Akwa Ibom State University Students’ Union Electoral Commission, Dr. Clement Baseey, declared that at the conclusion of the voting exercise, the following candidates had satisfied the requirements of the law and have emerged victorious.... (click the link below to read MORE==> https://www.aksu360.com/2019/09/done-and-dusted-2019-akwa-ibom-state.html