By Hamzat Ameenat
The Faculty of Arts of the Lagos State University has emerged victorious in the recently concluded interfaculty debate, Word War VI, organized by the Lagos State Debate Society (LASUDS), on Wednesday 13th March 2024.
This marks the first time in six years that the Faculty of Arts since the Word War Debate Competition started.
The event which was held at the Moot Court, Faculty of Law featured eight students from four faculties across all LASU campuses, who delivered thought-provoking speeches with powerful bants on a wide range of selected topics.
The first round was between Agose Sylvester from Epe Campus and Saheed Sunday, from the faculty of Art, debating on the topic: The Removal of Subsidy: A Step to the Right Direction or Wrongly Timed Decision. Both speakers defended their stance with salient points and the supporting speakers from both teams, Adewunmi Jessica for Arts and Bello Hammed from Epe further buttressed the points made by their chief speakers.
The second round featured representatives from the Faculty of Law, Atere Sarah, and Lawal Fikayomi, and representatives from the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Oluodo Ayomide and Adams Abdulrahman, who debated on the topic: Rise in cryptocurrencies; revolutionizing the future or an overrated hype.
At the end of the debate rounds, The Guest Judge of the debate, Gloria Olufeko announced the Faculty of Arts, represented by Saheed Sunday and Adewunmi Jessica as the winner. The second position was awarded to the faculty of Law, represented by Atere Sarah and Lawal Fikayo while LASUCOM and the Epe Campus came third and fourth respectively.
The Faculty of Law also won the faculty with the best team spirit and Atere Sarah, the Chief speaker won the Word Lord title.
The chief speaker of the winning team, Saheed Sunday said that Winning the Word War VI is his greatest highlight of this year because he and his teammate finally made history for his faculty.
The event also featured the Intra-LSUDS Oratory and Debate competition-themed "Sankofa" The participants for the Oratory Contest include Oladipupo Ramadan Olalekan, the 2023 Word Lord, Ajeniya AbdulQuadri, Balogun Sophia and Adedeji Aderounmu with Oladipupo Ramadan emerging as the winner and Balogun Sophie as the first runner-up. For the debate contest, participants include Odeshile Sara, Emmanuel Joseph, Ajasa Kehinde, and Nwabasa Chioma with Ajasa Kehinde emerging as the winner of the debate contest.
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