This is to notify the Polytechnic Community that thel Electoral committee has released the Eligibility and Electoral Guidelines for 2021 Students Union Elections. Below are the Guidelines;

1. The Electoral committee shall conduct election into twenty (20) positions in the Student Union
for 2020/2021 academic session.

2. Only students of the College registered for 2020/2021 academic session shall be eligible to
participate in this election.

3. All students of the College registered for 2020/2021 academic session shall be eligible to vote
and elect any qualified candidate of their choice to serve on the Student Union Executive.

4. All students of the College registered for 2020/2021 academic session, having met the set
academic, moral, and other specified criteria shall be qualified to contest for any of the vacant
positions in the Student Union Executive.

5. Candidates to be nominated must be fair minded and one with an impeccable character.

6. Contestants for the position of President, Vice president (Academics), General Secretary,
and Finance Director must be full-time HND students with minimum academic grade (CGPA)
of 3.0 (upper credit).

7. Contestants for the position of President must have his/her ND from Yabatech.

8. Contestants for the position of Assistant General Secretary, Welfare Director, Social
Director, Treasurer and PRO must have minimum academic grade (CGPA) of 2.5 (Lower
credit).

9. The position of the Treasurer is reserved exclusively for ND PT/FT Female students.

10. All positions for Epe campus also include B.Sc students with CGPA of 3.0

11. Candidates shall be elected through manual and electronic voting methods.

12. Full-Time students on Yaba Campus shall vote through secret ballot system.

13. All Part-Time students as well as students on Epe campus shall adopt e-voting system.

14. All eligible voters must have College Identity Card; functional Telephone numbers; and
reliable e-mail addresses.

15. After the close of nominations if there is only one candidate duly nominated for each of the
positions, such candidate (in all cases) shall be declared elected, with at least 50% of the total
vote casts.

16. If there are two or more candidates nominated for each of the positions, the candidates with
the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected.

17. In the event of a tie between two candidates in any of the positions, a second round of
election will be conducted within 48hrs.
For Any Enquiry, Contact: 08060535673; 08055563667; 08037119303.

SIGNED.
Dr. M.A. Adebakin
Chairman, Electoral Committee