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  • All for charity

    All for charity

    Students and beauty queens from three higher institutions in Plateau State dropped their academics to engage in charity to save the lives of an ailing colleague, Sylvia Gowal, and orphans. GOTODOK LENGSHAK and SULEIMAN DUTSE (300-Level Production, Nigerian Television Authority Television College, Jos) report.

    They are beauty queens and students of various higher institutions in Plateau State. They also have kind hearts. They dropped their classroom work for charity in aid of an ailing colleague.

    They were a spectacle to behold on Yakubu Gowon Way and Domkat Bali Road in Jos, the Plateau State capital, for two days. They came from the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau State Polytechnic (PLASPOLY) and the National Television Authority (NTA) Television College (TV COLLEGE) to wash cars to help orphans and an indigent colleague.

    Under the banner of “The Friends of Sylvia,” the girls took over the Blue Whales Carwash and the Ultimate Carwash for two days. They took on the venture to raise money for their colleague, Miss Sylvia Gowal, ND II Public Administration, PLASPOLY.

    Sylvia’s family could not get the N2 million needed for her operation, having been diagnosed of avascular necrosis in her left femur, an ailment that has left her bedridden. Her education has also been put on hold.

    Tagged “Help Sylvia walk again” and held in conjunction with the She Diamond Modelling Agency, hundreds of students and youths volunteered to do the menial job. As they washed cars, music blared from a ‘corner to entertain their ‘customers.

    According to the initiator of the campaign, Mr Awal Gowal, Sylvia’s brother, the move became imperative to correct the left hip that has kept his sister at home for two years.

    Awal told CAMPUSLIFE that since May 2009, when Sylvia was diagnosed of the ailment, the family had been working hard to raise the funds needed for the operation but enough money was not realised.

    “We had to seek for help elsewhere and brought up this concept to raise the needed money. We created the Friends of Sylvia group on Facebook to draw the attention of students and the public to our plight. We sought for assistance to help organise campaigns to raise funds because we don’t want to beg,” Awal said.

    In no time, members of the group grew, with scores of students in Plateau State offering to help.

    “We had to again look at how we can channel this active group of people to be productive to meet the target of N2 million we need for the operation. So, we thought of washing cars to raise the funds,” Awal added.

    Amaka Osigwe, 300-Level Mass Communication, UNIJOS, a volunteer, said the group opted for car washing after the publicity on social media drew many students to the group.

    She said: “We do not have money to give, but we can use our strength to work and contribute to efforts to make our sister walk again. This is so pathetic and I am calling on well meaning and kind-hearted Nigerians to do more in this regard as it might be someone close to anyone of us, who might be in need in future.”

    Alex Bot, 400-Level Television Production Department, TV COLLEGE, believes youths could make money from their sweat since nobody was ready to save the girl’s life. “We will make Sylvia walk again,” he vowed.

    Miss Rotmwa Gonchen, a beauty queen and founder of She Diamonds Modelling Agency, led a group of models to the streets of Jos, washing cars to raise funds in support of orphans and destitute.

    Gloria Semlek, former Face of Unity, her successor, Miss Nanbam Bess, Miss Timbyn Dala, Miss UNIJOS, Elizabeth Uja, former Miss UNIJOS, and Chaliya Kapyil, former Miss Plateau, among others took part in the venture.

    Rotmwa, a student of TV COLLEGE, said the agency supported the campaign because it believed in engaging in charity work to help the needy.

    “When you look at orphanage homes across the country, you will agree that there is the need for support from the public. There are children there with bright future but they lack the basic support and this explains why we are carrying this exercise for purely charity purpose,” she said.

    Over 300 vehicles were washed during the two-day exercise. But the volunteers could only raise N1 million for their ailing colleague.

    Gillian Actor, whose car was washed, said she had never met ladies with such humility, despite their beauty.

  • A voice from the street

    A voice from the street

    Protesters in the Middle East made history in 2011 when they toppled dictator after dictator in what is now referred to as the Arab Spring. From Tunisia, where it started, it spread to Egypt, Libya, Syria and other Arab countries giving voices to people who have hitherto had their voices muffled for decades. The voices came in different forms and shades, the biggest ever line up of Arabic rappers and the spirit and resilience of the Cairo youth made Friday, November 4, 2011 a special day as it brought together political dissidents rappers from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan on Egyptian soil in order to remind the world that the struggle for freedom of expression and speech in the Middle East has just begun.

    In setting up the event, the organisers from ‘Turntables in the Camps and Immortal Entertainment’, wanted to remind their compatriots of the need for change in Egypt due to the persistence of corruption within the regime and the tight military control of all public events. As is the case with events of such nature that bring youths together, the authorities were jittery. At the scheduled hour of the start of the event, the Interior Minister ordered the Gezirah Youth Club in Cairo – who had lent its facilities to the organisers – to shut the gates and cancel the concert. As a result of this the organisers were forced to take the concert to different locations across Cairo which turned out to be a huge success as the domino effects led to the toppling of the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Egyptians are back on the streets again speaking in a showdown between the government and supporters of ousted President Muhammed Morsi.

    Everywhere we go the street has its own voice, it could be informed or uninformed, controlled or uncontrolled. But in the end, it speaks one way or another. We witnessed these voices after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 elections and the Occupy Nigeria movement against the hike in fuel price two years ago. In 1989, Nigerians trooped out in their millions in a spontaneous reaction against former military President Ibrahim Babangida’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). The voices from the streets forced him to give his SAP a “human face” less than a month after the demonstrations. I had an encounter last week which reminded me that the street still speaks today.

    I had gone to fix my car when one of my mechanics came to inquire if I still have the old tyres he replaced for me after buying new ones; I answered in the affirmative and asked what he wants to do with the old tyres. “I want to sell them” was his reply; I smiled inwardly and bemoaned our penchant for tokunbo things. That was when the story started rolling in. A month ago, my mechanic sold his tokunbo car to pay the school fees of two of his children in the university – one, a student of Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto and the other of Federal University of Technology, Minna – and now they are home doing nothing, so he’s raising money again to prepare for their return back to school hence the request for the old tyres.

    I was really impressed and took him aside so that we could discuss. I told him I was surprised that he could sell his car to pay his children school fees given the fact that most of those in his line of trade do not have long term vision because they live for the day. He told me it would be foolish of him having served “rich” and educated people in Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos not to know the importance of education. “Sir, from my contact with my customers, and having observed their lifestyles I know education is very important that is why I’m challenged to give my children what I never had; if it’s even possible for me to sell myself I will to ensure they have a bright future. But I cannot understand why they keep sending them home all the time”.

    I had to explain, in layman’s term, the deadlock between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government regarding the current strike. When I pointed out that the government said it does not have the money to fund education the way ASUU wanted he was instantly taken aback as I saw it written over him as he tried to process what I just said. “Why would the government filled with many educated people not know the importance of education when an illiterate like myself can sell my car to pay my children’s school fees?”, was his question to me. I told him I wish I could give him a straight forward answer, but I couldn’t.

    We have thousands of parents like my mechanic who have staked all to give their wards a future they never had with the anticipation that with sound education they may be able to break new grounds, but unfortunately, the goal post keeps shifting as the elites keep finding means to solve their problems to the detriment of the sector. The voice of my mechanic is being echoed by other indigent parents who just want a future of less pain and despair for their wards; but we can all see that things are changing rapidly as Nigeria is on the route to a fully-fledged capitalist society where everyman is now for himself. And just like he pointed out, how could so many educated people in government not see the importance of education to development? Perhaps, just like I pointed out last week, maybe a fifth columnist is at work.

    Though the voice of my mechanic and the thousands of other voices I have not yet encountered may be muffled for now, they would not remain so for ever. No analyst predicted what happened in the Arab world in 2011, it started when a young Tunisian street vendor, Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. His act became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring, inciting demonstrations and riots throughout Tunisia in protest of social and political issues in the country. The public’s anger and violence intensified following Bouazizi’s death, leading then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down on January 14, 2011, after 23 years in power.

    But all we keep hearing is that it can never happen in Nigeria. Will anyone had predicted five years ago that we would be dealing with the Boko Haram security challenge today? Those playing politics and toying with the future of law abiding Nigerians who just want to live decent and honourable lives should not miss the point that the street is speaking, even though it is muffled for now.

    Re- The fifth columnist agenda

    Who is a fool? Tell me where you expect the likes of Obasanjo, Atiku and their ilk to get students into their universities if the federal ones are working? Do you need to be told that some of these ASUU members are feeding fat from all these? There is no problem in any form once Nigeria can boast of retired generals who are donating billions of naira to unnecessary causes and not to education. We have National Assembly members who are only interested in reviewing their salaries and allowances upward otherwise no bill would be passed. What a pity!

    Akinlayo A.

    I wonder why we have not revisited the ownership and structure of the universities as the cause of the problem. Attitude of academic staff is another issue. Students, Research and HR development are no longer the objective and one wonders about internal accounting and independent financial auditing of the university system.

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    Sir, you hit the bull’s eye on the fifth columnist. The Federal Government is only ensuring compliance with the directives/dictates of the Bretton Woods institutions –that is, to ensure the death of universities and also the production of low cadre manpower. This has been ASUU’s grouse and war with government. I’m sure if all Nigerians join in the struggle, we will save the nation from bounty hunters who do not have any sense of nationalism. Come to think of it, what was the university like when most of these people in government were students? But now government cannot fund education!

  • Challenges of a blind student

    Challenges of a blind student

    He lost an eye while he was in primary school. After  a few years in secondary school, Sunday Adeniyi became blind. His challenge continues  in university, where funding is threatening his education. SIKIRU AKINOLA (400-Level Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) writes.

    I had the most shocking experience the day I was writing my common entrance examination. As I was writing the paper, I discovered my sight was getting dull. I could not finish the first paper when the second one started. This was in 1999. But in 2004, my two eyes stopped seeing anything again.”

    These are the words of Sunday Adeniyi, a 25-year-old student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, whose education is being threatened by lack of fund and a broken home.

    The 100-Level student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages believes he would not be suffering if his parents were still married.

    “At present, I am having a very great challenge with my education. My department was created recently and no visually-impaired student had been admitted here, so there are no facilities that may aid my learning given my condition. My classmates have not been helpful. Anytime I call on them for assistance, especially to read, they would feel like explaining some subjects to me would make them to be dull. Whenever I call on them, some run away as if I am a plague,” Adeniyi told CAMPUSLIFE in an emotion-laden voice.

    He narrated how he lost his sight.

    It started in 1992 with one eye and in 2004, he became blind.

    He said: “I may abandon my education if there is no enough money to continue. This challenge has made life unbearable for me. My father is really trying his best but things are expensive. This is why most of us don’t further our education.”

    He said there was a day he could not attend a class because of N40. “That day I was totally cash-strapped and there was no one to take me to the venue of the lecture. I tried to walk down to the bus stop to get a bike but that was impossible because I had no cash.”

    He got a fairly-used laptop when he was admitted into the university but “the thing has been developing different faults since I bought it; in fact, it is a challenge for me because it is depriving me of preparing well for tests and examinations.”

    Adeniyi explained how his mother abandoned him because of his condition. “I am suffering from a broken home, which makes my condition worse. My mother left in 1990. She left me before I started having challenges with my left eye and when she learnt of my situation, she got involved and took me to the hospital. But later, she stopped and finally divorced my dad.”

    He said the visual problem, which eventually led to the loss of his sight, was detected by his teacher when he was in Primary 1.

    He said: “We have been moving from one hospital to another since 1992 when my teacher informed my parents that something was wrong with my sight. We tried our best to prevent the affected left eye from extending to the right and I managed to finish my primary education with my right eye.”

    He wondered why many people run away from him, saying some people see blindness as a communicable disease and do not like to associate with him.

    He said: “Most times, I feel bad with the way people treat me. People steal my things and that is always painful. Each time I am treated badly, it reminds me of my condition. I am made to remember that it is because I cannot see; that is why people take my things anyhow.”

    He urged the public to come to his aid to enable him to complete his education.

  • At the mercy of ASUU strike

    At the mercy of ASUU strike

    Law students of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) are worried by the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, which could prevent them from being mobilised for their Law School programme. IBRAHIM JATTO (400-Level Zoology) and HALIMAH AKANBI (200-Level Law) write.

    FOR final year Law students of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike came at a wrong time. The strike has put them on a tight corner because it may jeopardise their chances of going to the Law School this year. If by the end of this month ASUU does not call of the strike, the students will have to wait for another one year before going to the Nigerian Law School.

    The Law School opens in October every year and the names of students must get to the authorities at least four weeks before posting. But with no end in sight of the ASUU strike, the students are jittery because they do not want to waste a year at home doing nothing.

    In a Save Our Soul (SoS), they have cried out to the management and the UDUS chapter of ASUU to consider their plight and allow them to write their second semester examination so as to be part of the students proceeding to the Law School in October.

    The ASUU began an indefinite strike on July 1, to demand the implementation of the 2009 agreement with the Federal Government.

    Before the strike, the university had witnessed an unsteady academic calendar. In May, a violent midnight demonstration by students protesting epileptic power supply led to the destruction of a part of the Vice-Chancellor’s residence.

    The management closed the campus for more than four weeks over the strike. The incident occured a few days to the start of the second semester examination.

    The campus was re-opened on June 19 and examination started five days after, before the ASUU strike disrupted the exercise.

    The final year Law Students’ papers were rushed for them to meet up with the Law School admission period. When the lecturers declared indefinite strike, the students had four more papers to write. Initially, the Law students had a six-month abridged period to run their LLB programme in order to meet up with the admission into the Law School.

    Six weeks into the strike, the prospect of the students of making it to the Law School seems uncertain.

    To the beleaguered students, the situation is frustrating. They appealed to the university to consider their future and allow them to complete the remaining four papers.

    Unlike their counterparts in the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) whose examination were not affected by the strike, the students may not be mobilised for the Bar programmes, if by the first week of September, their names did not get to the Registrar of the Law School.

    Mustapha Aliero, a student, wondered why the local chapter of ASUU would make “an unkind decision” not to allow them write the remaining papers. “I don’t understand the whole logic behind the stance of ASUU in this school. The UNIZIK made sacrifice for their students and UNILAG ensured that its students completed their exams before joining the strike. Why is ours different?” he querried.

    Abdulkadir Monsoor said: “If we are not mobilised like our colleagues in other schools, the development may affect the performance of students in the Law School. The situation must be looked into.”

    Rafat Damilola urged ASUU to call off the strike, advising the lecturers to employ other means in agitating for their demands in the interest of the students.

    Will the school allow the students to finish their examination? The Dean of the Faculty, Prof M.L Ahmadu, could not be reached for comment because of his recent appointment as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on academics.

    However, there are indications that the faculty may look into the students’ case after the Ramadan fasting.

    Still unsure of what may happen, the students did not leave the campus as no one knows whether they could be called on to write the papers.

  • Relief as work begins on community bridge

    Relief as work begins on community bridge

    Residents of Apete, one of the host communities of The Polytechnic, Ibadan (IBADAN POLY), could not contain their joy as government asked a contractor to reconstruct the bridge connecting the community to the school. OMOLARA OMONIYI (HND 1 Mass Communication) reports.

    The residents of Apete in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have cause to smile. Members of the neighbourhood, which are mostly students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan (IBADAN POLY), heaved a sigh of relief when the government mobilised a contractor to reconstruct the bridge linking the community to the institution and some secondary schools.

    Apete Bridge, a pedestrian flyover at the back of the campus, collapsed after a severe flood that ravaged some parts of Ibadan last year. The incident, which left Apete isolated for days, resulted in the death of some polytechnic students and lecturers, while property worth millions were destroyed.

    Activities in the area were disrupted after the bridge was washed away by the flood. The polytechnic students could not go for lectures while pupils trekked a long distance to school through the Ajibode route, which is about 30 minutes journey.

    Cab drivers cashed in on the situation to exploit students, who spent up to N1,000 to go to school daily. To relieve the community of the stress, residents contributed money to construct a wooden bridge for pedestrian use.

    Vehicles were not allowed to use the wooden structure; they are parked at one end of the bridge while the owners crossed to the other end. The situation heightened theft in the area as vehicle gadgets including radio and side mirrors were stolen.

    Soon, the wooden bridge became fragile, a development that made the residents to panic. It was seen as an impending disaster if nothing was done. Some leaders of the community sent a save-our-soul (SoS) to the government.

    A few weeks later, the government mobilised Nairda Construction Company to start work on the collapsed bridge. When construction equipment were brought to the site, people trooped out to welcome the engineers. They praised Governor Abiola Ajimobi for averting a disaster in the community.

    Work has started on the concrete bridge.

    Aishat Salami, HND 1 Mass Communication, described the bridge reconstruction as timely. She said: “I am very happy. I never imagined that the bridge would be constructed before my graduation. Passing through the wooden bridge was a hell of experience because it is very weak. I urge the contractor to step up its effort and complete the bridge before the wooden bridge becomes impassable.”

  • Poly promotes peace with drama

    Poly promotes peace with drama

    Students of Nacabs Polytechnic in Akwanga, have collaborated with Nollywood to promote peace in Nasarawa State.

    The partnership followed the killing of some security operatives by the Ombatse cult about two months ago.

    The collaboration led to the production of a movie titled True Reflection. The movie was produced to douse tension and improve inter-community relations in the state.

    The polytechnic’s proprietor, Mr. David Abuluya, said the institution allowed the students to work together with the Nollywood actors because the state was known for peace, saying the school was ready to tackle anything that could cause crisis. Abuluya said the partnership was the institutiuon’s own way of contributing to the development of the state.

    The Head of Mass Communication department, Ms Oyebade Adeyemi, said the students’ participation in the project would expose them to the world of theatre and make them ambassadors of peace and unity anywhere they find themselves.

    The movie preached unity between various ethnic groups in the state. It was directed by Smart Conrad of Graceland Multimedia Consult and featured notable thespians such as Emmanuel France, Harrison Wilson, Vincent Kanayo and some Mass Communication students of the polytechnic.

    Speaking to the students, France said movie practitioners were mirror of the society, urging the students to emulate them to promote peace and security of lives and property. He noted the film production would be a stepping stone for them to achieve great things in future.

    Wilson said the movie actors were willing to partner with the polytechnic to restore peace. He praised Abuluya for financing the project, while urging him to continue to promote peace in the state. He also praised staff and students for their contribution to the success of the project.

  • State of public schools’ hostels

    “Oh my God! But this is not what we bargained for.” That was the exclamation of a student on entering a hostel’s toilet in one of the public varsities. The complainant was not a fresher, but what must have made him to decry the sorry state of the hostel’s toilet? Was it what he bargained for?

    Upon gaining admission into a higher institution, a prospective student would definitely imagine how life on campus would be. He would fantasise about campus activities, both academic and social. He would also give some moments to how life in the school’s hostel would be, having heard a lot about campus life.

    As a fresher, he would be preoccupied with thoughts of meeting various characters, most especially, those with whom he would live in the same room as roommates. The wonderful time he would have, those he would be assigned the same room with — the good; the fear of the possibility of living with the bad, and the risk in being with the ugly would occupy his thought.

    Despite these realities, everybody still wants to experience life on campus. But would the condition of the hostel life and its environment be fair to student?

    Getting close to some schools’ hostels, one is welcomed by grass from which an awful odour is oozing. Some schools’ toilet walls have been covered with all sorts of graffiti, some of which are written with faeces. Moving into the hostel room to discover the number of students allocated the same room is another thing that makes one unhappy. A standard room of four students may be assigned five to seven students. And this is common in boys’ hostels.

    Most university hostels lack the basic amenities necessary for the survival of the students living in them, thereby making academic environment unaccommodating for students to achieve success. Poor power and water supply has become a tradition on campus, which has made some impatient students to stage violent protests to disrupt academic activities.

    Those that attended the public institutions in 70’s and 80’s would be in a better position to tell the story of the dwindling glory of tertiary institution’s hostels. The deplorable state of the toilets and bathrooms is now stale news to the public. While the poor management of these facilities by the authorities and Students’ Affairs Units makes them to deteriorate to a horrendous state, most of the facilities are hardly renovated even after realising huge sum from the rent of the hostels. This decay has resulted in an unhygienic environment, and thus a threat to the health of students.

    Nevertheless, most students still prefer to stay in hostels rather than off-campus. This is because of the experience it affords them, which ranges from learning how to live with people of different characters and philosophies diplomatically, and how to manage limited resources.

    The cogent reason that makes students to want to live in school hostels is that, it stokes their interest to study hard. Thus being in an environment where one always sees his fellow students going in and out of library makes him equally to study consciously. And even the most unserious student would be moved. In other words, it brings about encouragement and motivation for a student. In addition, school hostels are affordable and secure for students, except in institution where security is weak.

    The National Universities Commission (NUC) and other boards overseeing tertiary institutions should henceforth include adequate students’ accommodation facilities as one of the requirements for giving any higher institution a license to operate. Every institution should have an accommodation for at least 80 per cent of its students. They must also have provision to expand the capacity with growth in students’ population.

    Though it is not compulsory that students should live in the school hostels, a comfortable and conducive option should be provided for the interested ones.

    The nature of the environment in which a human being grows up contributes to his behavior. Three to six years study duration is enough time to imbibe good attitude as character. And hostels have mixtures of good and bad attitudes; depending on the standard it is kept. A ghetto-like hostel has a high tendency of producing uncultured graduates. But neat, uncongested, conducive and secure hostels with necessary amenities create an enabling environment for improved academic performance. Graduates of high respect, patriotism and good-naturedness are produced from this system.

    However, if the government and the school authorities are incapable of providing these facilities for students, then the private sector should be allowed to do it. While strict measures should be put in place with the view to ensure that best services are made available to students in terms of rate affordability.

    An ideal school hostel provides a platform for improved experience on interpersonal relationship, exchange of ideas and innovations and an environment for productive brainstorming among students with the ultimate goal of excellent academic performance. It is a brooding nest for future leaders of different professions, and should be made capable for that responsibility.

    The sorry state and miserable situations in school halls should be brought to an end. The clamour for the adoption of global best practice should also be extended to the management of the hostels. The government and elite should make the hostels to be like a place they would like their own children to live in. Thus, the glory of the public schools’ hostels must be restored to produce good-nature future leaders for the country.

     

    Kingsley, 400-Level Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UNN

  • NGO donates 40 laptops

    A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as AMA Foundation, has donated 40 laptops to EKSU.

    The donation is part of the foundation’s education support programme on Information Communication Technology (ICT) to select tertiary institutions, one of which is EKSU.

    Presenting the laptops to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Aina, the representative of the Foundation, Mr Ikechukwu Onochie said the university was chosen because of its progress in all spheres, which include having all its academic programmes accredited by the NUC.

    He added that the second stage of the prograrmme would be the establishment of a well- furnished ICT centre in the university.

    Thanking the foundation, Aina said the laptops would complement his efforts in transforming the university into a world-class institution.

    He added that one of the effects of the university’s investment in ICT was the improvement in its recent Webometric ranking to 19th position in Nigeria. The Vice-Chancellor added that Google Africa was in the fnal stages of partnering with EKSU to provide Internet connectivity on campus

     

  • Do’s, don’ts in mission varsities

    Do’s, don’ts in mission varsities

    Mission universities like other higher institutions in the country have a set of rules that governs the activities of students. While these rules and regulations vary from one university to the other, authorities in mission universities also adopted measures to punish defaulters to deter others. CAMPUSLIFE highlights some of the don’ts in three mission universities:

    Bowen University in Iwo, Osun State

    • Students are not allowed to own camera phones and PC tablets such as I-Pad.

    • Hair styles of female students must be neck length and must match with the natural color of hair.

    • Male students must wear ties and stockings to class.

    • Students must attend compulsory chapel services on Wednesday, Thursday and twice on Sunday.

    • All students are not allowed to leave the school premises without exeat and they are only allowed to leave once a month.

    Babcock University in Ilishan, Ogun State

    • Students are not allowed to eat meat, fish and turkey.

    • Students are not allowed to wear jeans in the school.

    • Female students are not allowed to wear trousers on campus.

    • Students must attend compulsory church service on Saturdays.

    • Students are not allowed to drink Coke or Pepsi.

    • No buying and selling is allowed in school premises.

    • Students must not leave the school premises without school permit.

    • Only Corporate dressing is allowed in school premises.

    • Only cafeteria food is allowed in school premises.

    • No cooking is allowed in hostels or school.

    Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State

    • Students are not allowed to own phones.

    • Students are not allowed to wear jeans in the school.

    • Students must attend compulsory chapel services on Tuesdays for senior levels and Thursdays for junior levels as well as Sundays.

    • Male students are meant to wear ties to classes and all students must be dressed corporately.

    • Halls are locked by 10pm and lights in the hostels are to be switched off at 12 midnight.

    • Students must not leave the school premises without school permit.

    • Female students are not allowed to use any hair color different from the color of their hair.

    • All students are expected to sign the roll-call before 12 midnight every day.

  • VC counsels affiliate colleges

    Institutions running programmes in affiliation with EKSU have been asked to work in tandem with the renewed vision of the university.

    The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Aina said this during an interaction with Provosts of Colleges of Education affiliated to the institution.

    He said the university would not tolerate any action either by students or members of staff which could derail its vision and mission.

    Aina specifically stressed that standard must be maintained in academic and all spheres of human endeavours on campus. During the interaction, a considerable number of issues bordering on school fees, discipline, accreditation, examination results and issuance of certificates were deliberated on.

    Provosts in attendance included the Provost, Kwara State College of Education, Oro, Dr. A.T Oyatoye; the Provost, Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Dr I.S Opobiyi; the Provost, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto, Ijanikin, Mr Bashorun Olalekan; the Provost, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Mr G.O Oyewusi; and the Provost, Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Epe, Prof. Olu Akeusola.