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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   10 varsity students renounce membership of secret cults By Dayo Johnson Friday, October 15, 2004 AKURE— EFFORTS by the Ondo state government to rid its institutions of higher learning of cult activities has started yielding  results as no fewer than 10 students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba  Akoko have renounced their membership of  various secret cult groups. At a seminar organized by the anti-cult crusade organizing committee of the executives of the institution's student union  government, the 10 students narrated their ordeal and experience while they were still members of the dreaded group. They  described their experiences as unpalatable, unrewarding, destructive and that most of them joined out of ignorance and unbridled  desire for adventure. The seminar, co-sponsored by the Ondo state government is entitled “the menace of cultism and the destructive roles played by  cultists in Nigerian campuses.” Conducting their renunciation, the chairman of the House Committee on Youth and Information in  the state House of Assembly, Mr. Kingsley Kuku decried the menace noting that it has disrupted intellectual activities in higher  institutions across the country. adding that it had plunged the country into an abyss of fear.   The lawmakers blamed the stakeholders in the education management for their lukewarm attitude towards eradication of the  menace. According to him, lecturers sponsor cultism activities in universities while many parents influence the release of their  wards after being arrested for cult related offences. However, the deputy vice-chancellor of the university, Prof Olusegun Mimiko said that cultism was at variance with the  objectives of the institution, adding that the institution would continue to support any programme that would rid it of cult  activities. Mimiko added that the students would not be punished for their action and that amnesty had been extended to them  with a view to rehabilitating them. The president of the student union government, Mr Moro Success lauded the state government efforts, saying that it was meant  to restore peace and tranquility on campuses across the state.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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