The executives and legislative arm of the Obafemi Awolowo University Students Union Government, have budgeted N1, 837, 550 to make official phone calls between August, 2015 and January, 2016.
In a copy of the Student Union budget made available to our correspondent and debated by members of the OAU Student Representative Council on Sunday evening, the leaders also had a separate budget for internet facilities and sending of bulk Short Message Service.
This does not involve the cost of purchasing phones, we are informed that the Central Executive Council and the Student’s Representative Council under the leadership of Omotayo Akande and Adebari Are respectively prepared this budget.
It was gathered that the total amount budgeted by the union leaders is N26, 090,469, though they expect an income of N15m.
When contacted, the Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee, Mr. Abayomi Samuel, said the budget had not been approved.
Samuel, whose committee also budgeted N114, 000 for phone calls, added that some of the expenses had been reduced.
While speaking to our correspondent on the telephone and confirming the phone call expenses, Samuel said, “The budget has not been approved.”
We however gathered that students of the university are divided over the budget.
