CAMPUS UPDATE;-FUTA Adopts E-Voting for the 2016 Students Union Election

FUTA Adopts E-Voting for the 2016 Students Union Election

Election into various positions of the Students Union for the 2015 /
2016 academic session at the Federal University of Technology, Akure
took a
new dimension with the adoption of electronic voting system.

SOURCE:-Oluniyi Hisamotu | Topup9ja Staff

The election
which was held at the Digital Resource Centre of the University on Thursday
February 18, 2016 saw students vote candidates of their choice to various
positions just by a click on the computer.
Their identity cards was verified
through a purposely designed card reader after which the voter proceeded
to the voting area where they interfaced with programmed computers to
cast their votes.

After each vote a monitor at the control Centre recorded it
and instantaneous tally of contestants score was displayed.
The final result
was ready as soon as the last student clicked on the computer to register
his or her vote.


Dean, Students' Affairs, Professor Kayode Alese said what informed the
adoption of electronic voting system was because the University needed to
showcase its leadership position in the area of cutting edge technology and
research.
According to him the process was very effective and an
improvement on what other Institutions had done in the area of electronic
voting. "Though other Institutions have adopted the process, ours is very
unique because we made use of card readers. FUTA is the only Institution
to have used card readers and we did not record any failure because we
designed it in such a way that the contestant registered online and we have
the record of registered students of this University".


Speaking further, he said registered students on the University data base
were the only ones allowed to vote thus any unregistered student could not
vote as the card reader would have screened them out. "If you don't have a
valid identity card and your name is not on our data base you cannot vote"
Alese stated.

The don said that FUTA alumni designed the software
adopted for the election at no cost.
The card readers were customized for
the purpose of the election.

Also speaking in the same vein are the agents of the
contestants, who expressed their satisfaction with the process which
they claimed was a plus to the University. They also appreciated the
management and the electoral committee for the innovation.


The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Adebiyi Daramola
commended the electoral committee and the Students Affairs division
for the adoption of the E-voting system saying the University has once
again validated its leading position in innovation and workable
technology that the larger Nigerian society can benefit from.


The result of the election as announced in the presence of agents of
contestants and security agents showed Oladele Segun aka Solar
emerging
President with a vote of 1,970.
Other Officers are:
Afolabi Christiana – Vice President

Olagunju Abayomi – General Secretary

Omidele Sodiq – Public Relations Officer

Olowomuwagun Seun – Director of Sports

Ajayi Richard – Welfare Director

Awoyinfa Opeoluwa – Financial Secretary

Owoseni Abdulhamid – Treasurer

Hamed Aisha – Director of Socials