AN EVALUATION OF THE SPORT SECRETARY’S MANIFESTO.

REVIVAL OF THE SPORTS LIFE OF QUEENITES: EMPTY PROMISES?

By Mausi Halimat                                                                                                                                                  

Adekola Tinuade, the outgoing Sports Secretary of the Queen Elizabeth II Hall, a student of the Department of Human Kinetics made a number of declarations while contesting for the position. Miss. Adekola came up with a five-point agenda which include welfare, revival of the dead sports life of Queenites, competition among stalites and freshers, inter-block competition and organization of sports seminars. None of these plans have been implemented.

A manifesto is an outline of the plans an aspirant intends to implement when they’re elected into office. These plans should be clear and feasible. It is of utmost importance that an elected official executes the plans in her manifesto. After all, that was her promise to the people. The sports secretary promised to provide sports equipment, jerseys and sport logistics for competitions. No inter-block competition was organized by the Sports secretary this session. Also, there is no known loan or purchase of sports equipment or jerseys to Queen Elizabeth II Hall. 

The Sports Secretary also stated that competitions would be organized between stalites and freshers and between blocks as well. One football competition was organized, the Ethana 5 football competition; neither indoor nor outdoor sporting activities. In the last point of her manifesto, Miss. Adekola promised to organize a sports seminar. Throughout the session, no sports seminar was organized.

The second point of  Miss. Adekola’s manifesto was to ‘revive the dead sports life of Queenites’. Although Miss. Adekola did not indicate how she intended to do this, it is clear that the other points in her manifesto would have achieved this goal. She implemented none of the plans in her manifesto. And so, under the sports minister’s perfunctory ministrations, the ‘dead sports life of Queenites’ remained as dead as it was before she came into office. This is not to say that the sports secretary did not fulfill her constitutional duties. The sports day for both the Fresher’s Week and the Hall Week was filled with sports activities but she has fulfilled none of the promises she made to those who voted her into office.