Ahmed Warns Students against Cultism

Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed

By Hammed Shittu

Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned students of the state’s tertiary institutions of dire consequences should they be caught engaging in cult activities. 

Addressing representatives of the students under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at an interactive session on the state of education in the state, Ahmed said apart from the risk of been sent to jail, such a student would also be expelled from the Institution.

He assured the students of his determination to raise the standards in schools through the provision of adequate infrastructure and necessary incentives as indispensable aspects of the programme of shared prosperity.

Ahmed reminded them that the state government’s anti-cultism crusade remained resolute.

“The law on cultism will take its full course as we cannot fold our arms and allow cultism in our schools because it ruins lives,” he said.

The governor counselled the students not to be overwhelmed by youthful exuberance, emphasising that, “this is the time to define your future, identify your role models and burn as many candles as possible to achieve your goals. The more serious you are in school the better you come out and start life easily.”

Ahmed challenged the students to name any person who has benefited from cultism and living a good life, adding that it had never helped anybody in the long run.

While imploring students to help their colleagues by exposing those engaged in cultism, the Governor called on parents to devote more time to monitoring their wards in order to tame some of their excesses early enough.

He also told them that convicted cultists would also loose opportunities that would be difficult to regain.

Responding, President of the National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS), Mr. Sakir Akorede, had pledged the support of the students to the realisation of lofty policies of the state government.

Akorede described the stakeholders’ meeting as another manifestation of the transparency and openness of Ahmed’s administration through the involvement of stakeholders in the decision-making process of some salient policies.

Akorede thanked Ahmed for carrying the student’s body along in the formulation of policies that have direct bearing on their wellbeing, which, according to him, was responsible for the low level of students’ unrest in the state.

Source Thisday NewsPaper