We have fought cultism, s3x for grades to a standstill in KSU -VC
Story from Rabi’atu, Lokoja
The Vice-Chancellor of Kogi State University Anyigba, Professor Marietu Ohunene Tenuche, has said that the institution was able to overcome the security challenges which had bedevilled the University community in the past, due largely to the cooperation of lecturers and students.
Professor Tenuche who disclosed this during her maiden press briefing at the University campus Anyigba, equally noted with joy that the issue of sex for marks and cultism is now a thing of the past.
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Professor Tenuche regretted that the university had not quite long ago attracted bad press due mainly to the activities of rival court groups in and out of campus.
Professor Tenuche said “a number of students were injured or killed in the process, in addition to series of attacks and intimidations launched against the staff of the institution, especially the examination officers.
“A student was killed by this wicked group shortly after he finished his examination. I don’t know if he is a cult member, but one disturbing thing is that they still went ahead to cut him into pieces. One of our lecturers is in a critical condition as I speak.
“This was a challenge to the management, in addition to low morale among security personnel necessitated by a high level of indiscipline in the Security Unit, inadequate security operatives, unavailability of functional vehicles, porous and unmanned entry points and widespread availability of arms amongst students which they deployed at will.
“We, therefore, devised means of tackling the situation head-on, including the immediate purchase of two vehicles for the security unit and one for the Chief Security Coordinator to facilitate operational movements in and around the campus.”
Speaking further, Professor Tenuche warned that any Lecturer caught inducing female students to get grades will be dismissed.
“As I will always say, we are in charge here. We won’t entertain any form of sex for mark, cultism or any other social vice. Anyone found wanting in this scrupulous act will be shown the exit door,” she warned.
She also disclosed that the National University Commission, (NUC) has accredited 24 new programmes for Kogi State University Ayingba.
Professor Tenuche stated that the programmes were accredited recently barely one year she assumed office as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of Kogi State University since it was established in 1999.
A breakdown of the accredited programme according to the Vice-Chancellor were 19 undergraduate programs and five postgraduate programmes.
“The greatest problem the University has ever faced since establishment was the accreditation debacle. In 2005 for instance, the University presented all the 30 programmes it was running then to the NUC for accreditation; and only nine (9) of such programmes were granted accreditation, all on an interim basis.
“The remaining twenty-one (21) had denied accreditation. The institution was to later make history as it had 29 programmes accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) within 29 months. Since then, the University has had all her programmes accredited, with the exception of the medical programme which had been denied accreditation in 2015″ she added.
The university VC also noted that the present administration has improved in its internally generated revenue adding that the issue of sex for mark, examination malpractice and other social vices have been nipped in the board by the present management.
Professor Tenuche who is the 5th vice-chancellor of the University explained that the university is determined to achieve the height of the best University Nigeria, Africa and the world in general.
