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"I didn't allow peer pressure to get to me" says faculty of Social Sciences Best Graduating Student, Adedeji Olushola Michael.

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  Aboluwarin Oluwatamilore Grace. Can we meet you? My name is Adedeji Olushola Micheal. I'm a first class (let me hype this thing a little, definitely saw hell) graduate of Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. What made you pursue a degree in this course? Initially, I didn't want to study Economics. My mum used to insult her brothers that studied Economics that they are stingy and they ended up selling cars. I wanted to study International Relations then. I got into PD and some of my friends saw my contact scores and they were like *"bro, why you wan waste high score nao..pick Economics*". I picked Economics and that was one of the best decisions I've ever made because I fell in love with it. What was your biggest challenge in all your years of schooling and how were you able to overcome it? Sorry, I had many challenges. I can't even pick one but thank God for prayers and good friends. Honestly, I knew what worked best for me. I didn't allow pee
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"STUDENTS LOAN ACT 2023: A BRIDGE OR A BARRIER TO NIGERIAN STUDENTS?"

Olanrewaju Barakat Olabisi FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AGREED ON THE VIEW THAT STUDENT LOAN IS A BRIDGE TO NIGERIAN STUDENTS . The first speaker, in the person of Oluwadara Ifeoluwa said, Nigeria who happens to be the giant of Africa lacks quality education, It lacks access to education itself and it also lacks resources to power this education. However, we should know that Quality is equal to increase in cost meaning it is expensive.  To have a quality education we should know that it entails the use of technology, Good teachers and adequate facilities for lectures, that is why the governments have put in place interest free loan for acquiring quality education.  Why is the government collecting the fund back? This might seem as a barrier but it is not,in the sense that we have to pay back to keep making improvements in quality education.  The second speaker, Ifeoluwa Odeyemi backed these points up by saying the opponents might see this as a barrier because of the cause of unemploymen
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FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES RECORDS VICTORY AGAINST FACULTY OF EDUCATION AT A NOVELTY FOOTBALL MATCH.

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Aboluwarin Oluwatamilore Grace .  Today, freshers from the faculty of education played against freshers from the faculty of Social Sciences at the sports complex, training pitch 1.  As a normal match, the match started with 11 players from the faculty of social sciences and five substitute players waiting on the bench and the match lasted for 90 minutes. The lineups are Tunji (Psalmist), Benjamin, Favour, Ayobami (Alaga) Captain, Ayomide, Tolu, Maroff, David, Tomide, Clinton, Joel. The substitute players were Michael, Alo, Gbolahan, Koulibaly, Arabi, Phardz.                                                                                                                                                                                 Players from the faculty of social sciences won with a large number 4-2 against the faculty of Education. The students from the faculty of education played with all their might and showed us that they were also a big team. Their efforts were very much
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WELCOME FRESHMEN TO THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. OAU.

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  October 18, 2023. Orisatoye Aminat Omotola Dear freshers welcome to Obafemi Awolowo University and the prestigious Faculty of Social Sciences. We are thrilled to have you here. Here is what you need to know about the faculty of social sciences  The Faculty of Social Sciences was one of the five pioneer faculties of the university. It used to be the Faculty of Economics and Social Studies at its inception. The name was later changed to the Faculty of Social Sciences. There are about 7 departments and 11 courses in the Faculty namely the Department of Economics, Demography & Social Statistics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Institute for Entrepreneurship & Development Studies as well as Sociology & Anthropology.         The Department of Sociology & Anthropology pioneered the new courses Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism, Information Science Media Studies, and Film Production all in the Social Sciences Faculty.          Each department has a Head of De
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