JC Interview with Doja

LAOYE ADEDOJA: FOCUSED ON THE ENTHRONEMENT OF A FIRST CLASS SOCIETY

                                                 

Fondly called Doja by classmates and colleagues, Laoye Adedoja is no obscure face in the faculty due to the level of her involvement in the planning of events within the faculty and her commitment till such projects are successfully executed. This time, Doja makes an entrance into the political arena, seeking the post of the vice president of the prestigious Law Students Society with the mantra #Reinvigoration.

In this interview, the assistant class governor of the Luminaries and Honorable of the quintessential equity chambers speaks on her ambition, LSS and the Reinvigoration agenda.

Excerpts

JC: We are deeply honored to have you grant us this interview despite your very busy schedule. Without wasting much time, may we meet you? 

Adedoja: The pleasure is all mine.

I'm Laoye Adedoja, a Part 3 law student.

JC: Miss Adedoja, for the sake of our audience, can you kindly tell us the position you are contesting for in the next faculty elections?

Adedoja: In the forthcoming elections, I will be vying for the post of the VICE PRESIDENT of our prestigious Faculty of Law.

JC: Quite a big one there. In a nutshell, can you briefly take us through the responsibilities of the Vice President?

Adedoja: Basically, the vice president is constitutionally the President's Right-hand man. A person who shares responsibilities and stands in incase of the President's absence.

JC: Given the responsibilities attached to the position, do you honestly possess the qualities needed to deputize in the absence of the president leading a heavy weight association like the Law Student's Society?

Adedoja: Yes. I have put all of that into consideration and I'm braced up for it

JC: Briefly Doja, can you share with us your vision for LSS?

Adedoja: I believe previous Administrations with her own Vice Presidents have all tried to give their quota, but it's the LSS we're talking about here.  For sure it can be better than what it already is.  I see that light and I see that opportunity. My vision is to have a reinvigorated LSS renowned for its reputation as a first class students society and a torchbearer in excellence and caliber to other associations / societies.

JC: The office of the vice president hasn't witnessed much action in the past till this administration. How do you intend to keep the post active?

Adedoja: My intention to reinvigorate the society stems across all angles, touching the society and the position itself. There's a long list of programs and activities that'll go a long way to show the big deal in being a Vice President. These programs will serve as a template which would lay the foundation for future Vice Presidents

JC: Of all contestants vying for the position, there must be a unique quality (ies) which puts you ahead of the competition. What could that be?

Adedoja: I would say my experience and the skills that I have when it comes to relationship with other people. Before my part 1 and most importantly from my part 1 till now, I have served on different platforms. I am currently the Assistant Class Governor of my Class (The Luminaries, a class of 419 students). I am also currently serving as the Chairman Planning Committee for the African Expression Weekend. I served as the Secretary for the Recruitment committee in 2015/2016, for the Quintessential Equity Chambers. I also have served repeatedly in the Orientation Committee since Part 2. Last year I was awarded the MOST COMMITTED MEMBER. I have served on several other platforms and I have done well...if I can say so myself. 

Furthermore, I am no stranger to hard work. And I have a good track record. Like I said earlier, I have good interpersonal relationships skills; I can relate well with a lot of people. Also, it is no news that to be a leader, one has to be a follower first. I have followed so much that when it was time for me to lead I did not have problems. I  am a listener and I am open to people's opinions. That has made things for me in leadership so far a lot easier. I have learnt from past experience that I can work and I make people help me work. 

All these and a lot more I think would give me an edge

JC: Having spent two sessions in the faculty, how would you rate the performance of previous administrations from your freshman year till now?

Adedoja: The administration I met was good. I met good things and they did really good things. The administration after them also did a lot better than the previous administration. They've laid a foundation for us to build on. The idea is to keep getting better as 'better' is not good enough till there is another 'better'.

JC: So they could easily earn an A grade in hour evaluation of their performance?

Adedoja: They really did well. If I can say so myself.

JC: Before we round off this discussion, let us deviate briefly to national issues. Can you share your opinion on the not-too-young-to-run campaign and the opposition that the youths of today are not well equipped for such level of leadership?

Adedoja: Youths have over time been told they are the leaders of tomorrow, but we've never been given the opportunity to lead. Yesterday's tomorrow is today. Now that today is here, we are now being told that we need to wait till Tomorrow again to be ready. If this continues, when then will Tomorrow arrive?

In my Opinion, the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Campaign is a revolution that will save this failing country. As a matter of fact, age has nothing to do with effective leadership, not even from what our leaders have done and still have been doing over the past years. No one is ever fully ready. This country however has been waiting and I think it's finally ready to have her youths in leadership.

On the opposition claiming that these youths are not well equipped, I'll say in my view that this is just a cunningly devised fable by the older generation to rubbish the drive of the youth and retain power within themselves. Power which they have not used for the common good since ever.

JC: On a lighter note, can you tell us that part of 'Doja we don't get to see regularly?

Adedoja: The part of me that is not in control of my situation.

JC: Tell us, how do you unwind at the end of the day?

Adedoja: I usually just take a prayer shower, and sleep immediately

JC: Prayer shower?

Adedoja: Pray while taking a shower. I usually sleep as soon as my head touches the pillow

JC: Thanks for your time 'Doja.

Adedoja: The pleasure is all mine