Earlyface

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.