By, Olatoye Temiloluwa
Sticking with tradition, the Literary and Debating Society (TLDS) of the University of Ibadan organized the annual Jaw War competition which involves an inter-faculty and an inter-hall debate in the University. The preliminary stage for the inter-faculty debate was conducted today, 28th November,2024 at the NFLT, Faculty of Technology between 17 faculties in the University.
The event which was slated to start by 4pm began at 6:00pm as the hosts, Precious Ibeh and Forbes took to the podium to welcome the audience and introduce the representatives from each faculty amidst the applauses and cheers from the audience.
The Judges were introduced and the modalities for the debate were announced.
The first debate was between the Faculty of Public Health and the Faculty of Clinical Sciences who were pronounced absent as they had no representation. The Faculty of Public Health went ahead with their presentation on the topic ‘The messiah of the current Nigerian state; political reform or socio-cultural reform?’
Afterwards, The Faculty of Education went up against the Faculty of Agriculture debating the topic ‘Is globalization a catalyst to Africa’s growth?’
Soon, the third debate began on the topic, ‘Declining global birthrates; a gift or a curse to humanity. The debate was between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of the Social Sciences.
The representatives of the Faculty of the Social Sciences today were Ola-Stephen Favour and Yahaya Dorcas, both 400 level students of the department of Political Science in the Faculty.
The next debate themed ‘Regional versus Centralized governments; A better model for effective governance’ between the faculty of Veterinary medicine and the Faculty of Technology began.
For recess, Kidi Blaze, a musician and rapper from the department of Psychology in the Faculty of the Social Sciences was invited upstage to perform and entertain the audience.
Thereafter, the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources were up and debated on the topic ‘The impact of religious beliefs in political decision-making; a force for unity or a source of polarization’
The next debate on ‘Should Commercial surrogacy be legalized in Nigeria?’ commenced between the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Environmental Design.
Afterwards , there was a showdown between the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Arts on the topic ‘Student Union in Africa; puppets or revolutionaries?’
The last arguments for the night was between the Faculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Dentistry who were absent on the topic ‘The major cause of post-colonial African troubles; external or internal factors?’
After the compilation of results by the Judges, the following scores were announced to the general public:
Faculty of Public Health 76% – 0.00%Faculty of Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Education 73.6% – 79.8% Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of The Social Sciences 83.8% – 70.5% Faculty of Science
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine74.2% – 78.1% Faculty of Technology
Faculty of Economics 67.3% – 73.0% Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources
Faculty of Law 76.5% – 72.1% Faculty of Environmental Design
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences 67.8% – 82.6% Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Nursing 75.25% – 0.00% Faculty of Dentistry.
Also, Ola-Stephen Favour the first speaker for the Faculty of the Social Sciences emerged as the best speaker of the round.
The event came to a wrap around 10:15pm as the audience dispersed from the building.
