INTERVIEW:
LK: Kindly introduce yourself to us please.
FOTW: My name is Omole Damilare Fisayo, currently a 400 level law student of the faculty of Law, AAUA.
LK: When you're not drowning in academic work, what are your hobbies,
FOTW: I am a person passionate about Sports law and entertainment law. I also enjoy writing and I am very passionate about self development and advancement in the field one has chosen.
I don't really do a lot of things though, listening to entertainment and sports podcasts, writing and watching anime/movies. I sued to enjoy reading regular literature but I guess law has taken the fun out of that for me.
LK: What is your favourite aspect of law and why?
FOTW: As I earlier said, it is Sports law. It is an aspect of law not common in the country and one I hope to advance here due to the lack of authorities on the subject of sports law.
The mere idea of being involved in groundbreaking works in the sports industry is one that appeals to me. I also like the thought of entertainment law even though not as much as Sports.
LK: With the current state of the country, do you think there is a place for you to practice in the field you love?
FOTW: There is always a space for diligent people anywhere, the country currently is structured to frustrate dreams but people still make it out of here and become big so I can't be any different.
As long as I am not average or wallowing in self pity and mediocrity, I am happy and I can practice in this country since the country and Africa needs Sports lawyers and institutional managers.
LK: What did it feel like being a public relations officer and what inspired you to go for that particular post
And did you face any challenges while handling that post
FOTW: This is a threefold question but let me answer one by one.
So before I got into the society in 100 level, I tried checking out about the Law Students Society, AAUA. To my surprise, I didn't see anything worthwhile enough online. In other words, we lacked online presense a lot. No Twitter presense, the IG wasn't all that and I think the Facebook account was the only one really functioning. The PRO then however in person of Mr Elijah did his best and improved on it, an act that was taken to greater heights by Fowowe Tomiwa, my predecessor, I still wanted to change a lot of things in the system, reason I contested. I won and I was happy I did cos I had the opportunity to introduce numerous things into the system and also work on the existing ones. I also got a very competent successor currently and what else can one be happy for.
The second question: how does it feel to be a PRO? to be honest, it was absolutely fun and crazy at times, I connected to almost all Lssites, I remember a big brother then in the society, Omotayo(Skippo) saying he used my Broadcasts as Alarm. I was able to form bonds with people from that position and also show what I can do when I operate in a position of power to a lot. Plus I even went out of my regular duties to assist almost every other executive in anyway I could then because that was just me. My friends in the administration, F.BL and Busola also made it worthwhile, shout out to them.
Final question: Challenges
Number 1: Funds, I ran almost all the projects I did from personal funds and "Bambiala" from other people, friends and family who helped the project we did especially the website project. I went broke to my last penny then and even took some debts because I was trying to get something doing for the society but I am glad people appreciated it.
Also with the making of graphics, it was something that I wish wasn't going to be a problem for me but it was, I hope the next PRO learns the act of graphic designing, doesn't have to be special, just be a little bit good at it. It will help.
I also had a bad phone for sometime and it was really frustrating.
Final challenge was politics: it was very difficult not mixing politics with your duties and it is even more difficult telling people that you aren't doing it. I handled LSS related group then and I had a friend who was a fore runner for a presidential post so everything I did then was being interpreted as political even though it wasn't. At first, I usually felt somehow about it. However, as time went on, I forgot about the issue and focused more on doing what was right then. Also, if you do, people will complain, if you don't, they will still complain so why stress.
LK: How did you juggle your then executive position and your academic life?
FOTW: Omo, it was very difficult. The feeling of responsibility cos you don't want to fail as a PRO and the feeling of responsibility cos your books was your primary assignment in the school.
Just have a Calender for the activities and work with a set schedule in discipline and everything will work out well.
LK: Lastly, any advice for junior colleagues or aspiring law students in their academic pursuits? But political and otherwise
FOTW: Short advice: get your CGPA up first before contesting because if you are going to work hard and well, there is a good probability it will suffer.
Additionally, don't allow anyone to use you as a tool to cause ruckus because of politics, if you are going to do that, let it be on your own accord. Speaking from experience, it doesn't pay, you gain so many unnecessary enemies that might be of use to you both inside and outside this faculty.
It is just LSS politics, it isn't supposed to be that deep.
LK: It was nice catching up with you.
FOTW: Likewise.
Thanks for reading
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