A
corrupt and dubious lecturer who enriched himself by forcing students
to donate all manner of valuable items to him has been exposed.
The school rector could not believe his eyes after seeing the massive corruption and extortion firsthand
A shocking drama has played out in a polytechnic in Anambra state
as the school rector could not hold himself after a lecturer who made
money by extorting students huge sums and forcing them to submit items
was exposed. The story shared by PoliticsNgr.com is quite touching and sad.
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It was a show of shame on those indicted by the Anti-Corruption and
Transparency Unit (ACTU) yesterday in Federal Polytechnic Oko as
confiscated items of Entrepreneurship were displayed in the open. One of
the Lecturers was indicted for illegally forcing his Entrepreneurship
Development (EED) Students to submit items ranging from 15 buckets of
Paints, 15 gallons of 20 liters oil, 30 buckets of Custard etc produced
by each group of 10 students and submitted to him without passing
through the due process of Knowledge Acquisition.
Occasioned by this, the Students now squeeze out their hard-gotten
feeding money to purchase EED items in Markets as to get better scores
instead of bending down to learn from Professionals in the Skill
acquisition center of the school. The Lecturer (identity withheld) whose
name has gone viral on Campus for perpetrating this evil act has been
suspended with immediate effect by the Management while others are still
facing panel.
The ACTU Chairperson, Mrs Nwobi Nnenna said her unit has bogus
reports on the non-repentant and already-suspended Lecturer who forces
students not only to purchase Supermarket items to earn few marks but
also forces them to buy his textbooks that are sold outside the bookshop
for N3000. She also posited that her unit has confiscated the items
through the help of an informant who led her men to the building where
the Lecturer stores all the items bought by the students. The ACTU
Chairperson also took the Rector and his Management team to the premises
where the confiscated items were kept.
When the Rector saw the numerous items allegedly submitted to the
indicted Lecturer, he wept in the open. He angrily harped that Students
should not hesitate to report Lecturers who are involved in such a
dastard act without fear.
The Rector thanked the ACTU Chairperson and her team for doing a
wonderful job of redeeming the image of the Polytechnic from maggoty
personified Teaching Staff (Lecturers). He said he doesn’t believe that
any Lecturer would continue mal-treating the Students after his pleas to
them on many occasions.
His words “This is still unbelievable! This is pure extortion from
my Students in disguise. It is lamentable and unfortunate that people
enjoy it when the little ones cry. The Economy is not very good and as
such, Students should not be made to go through all these. I built
Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition Centre for the Students to be
taught on how to be self-employed after their Polytechnic Education and
not for criminals. Students should be taught how to produce these items
and not forced to buy them outside for marks. The perpetuators of this
crime have flopped the essence of Entrepreneurship Development and must
pay dearly for it. The equipment needed for all these practical and the
Professionals have been put in place in the Skill acquisition Centre to
guide the Students. So why are all these students forced to go outside
the school to enrich just few men? This situation must be thoroughly
dealt with and the doers must be brought to book immediately”
The Rector further used the opportunity to reiterate his earlier
warning to the Lecturers who boldly fail students in their 30%
Continuous Assessments; asking them to have a rethink and stop the
illegalities or face the wrath of the School Management.
He charged ACTU members to continue without fear in the discharge
of their duties. While beckoning on all members of staff to cooperate
with the Unit to achieve a corruption-free Institution, the Rector
promised to ensure that ACTU is fully supported by the Management to
carry out their assigned duties.
The Anti- Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), was established
by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences
Commission (ICPC) as one of the implementation mechanisms for its
Mandate on prohibition and prevention of corruption especially in the
Public Service. Prof.Godwin Onu installed ACTU in Federal Polytechnic
Oko when he took over as the Rector of the Institution to fight
Mal-practices and Corruption.
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