to a standstill last Wednesday as Film Students of the department of
Mass Communication held a rally to campaign against campus corruption.
The rally was in commemoration of the annual costume day tagged
'Against Corruption Together: Stop Corruption on Campus ACT Now!'
Vehicular and pedestrian movements on the campus was brought to a halt
as the students, who were dressed in different professional, cultural
and religious attires, danced round the campus with different
placards, flyers and stickers bearing several anti-campus corruption
messages.
The students, led by their course lecturer, Steven Anu Adesemoye,
commenced the rally from the department of Mass Communication and
moved round different faculties, to the Rector's office and back to
their department, dancing, singing with all kinds of demonstration,
calling on fellow students, lecturers and all stakeholders in the
education sector to join hands to kick out corruption on Nigerian
campuses if they are truly desirious of ending the brain drain, dearth
of intellectualism among others in the nation's education sector.
The rally attracted the attention of students, staffers, traders and
other members of the Polytechnic community. At the School of
Environmental Studies and School of Engineering, the rallying students
were joined by fellow students who troop out of their classes to
solidarise, dance and take pictures with their colleagues and also
lend their voices to the anti-campus corruption campaign.
According to the organizing committee, the theme of this session's
costume day was borne out of the need to put a stop to the endemic
corrupt practices which has eaten deep into the nation's education
sector and has therefore put the education sector on a snail movement.
The Course Lecturer, Mr Steve Anu Adesemoye noted that corruption in
the nation's education sector is not limited to the tertiary
institutions, but it starts from the primary level. He therefore
advocated for proper enlightenment for lecturers and students to rid
Nigeria education sector of corrupt practices, from the primary level
to the tertiary level.
Adesemoye said "We are not looking for saints, we only need those who
are ready to change and drop the bad in their hands in order for us to
have a better society."
One of the students, Olowe Temitope described the rally as a success.
She however said "we strongly hope that those concerned or affected by
our campaign message will take necessary action to address the menace
of corruption on our campuses in order for us to have a better
academic society"
The President of the Mass Communication Students' Association
(MACSA), Omoniyi Joseph on his part described the procession as a
creative and resounding effort towards fighting against corruption in
our higher institutions.
Ominiyi said if everyone and every sector in this country can take the
bull by the horn by acting against corruption in all sincerity, the
whole nation will be better for it.
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