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Osun College Of Health Tech. Students Decry Infrastructural Decay
STUDENTS of Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa have lamented that the school lacks infrastructure and facili es needed for a conducive learning environment.
The students who spoke with OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday under condion of anonymity urged the management of the college and the state government to provide infrastructure that befits the status of the school.
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According to the students, the college is far below a standard secondary school, no ng that necessary infrastructure and facili es were not available in the college.
OSUN DEFENDER noted that there was no tarred road in the school. The path leading to the classrooms and laboratories were also unpaved, making them to be dusty.
The medium also observed that majority of the classrooms were with damaged windows, with just few tables and chairs.
The school also lacks standard toilets. The re-
Kwasu Dress Code And Moral Sanity On Campus
Kiifayah Aleshinloye
THE Kwara State University (KWASU) have introduced new dress codes. They have outlawed the use of lewd clothes and related materials. Some students applaud the move; others are not comfortable with it. But the ins tu ons are defending their ac ons, warning that errant students will be sanc oned.
Under the new dress code regime in KWASU, girls are not to wear sleeveless or blouses with deep cleavages, mini-skirts and transparent clothes; the boys cannot wear shorts, dungarees, earrings and afro hair style. They can also not sag their trousers or plait their hair. Both sexes cannot wear ta ered (or flowery) jeans, heavy jewelry, ankle chain or slippers; nor can they pierce their bodies (nose, mouth, tongue).
Besides, the school barred the cohabita on of male and female students on or offcampus. In the past, both sexes had separate hostels on campus. Some of those living off-campus co-habited. A student (who does not want to be named) described the measure as an infringement on students’ freedom and right to associate and interact without hindrance.
In addi on, students are barred from using clothes with obscene inscrip ons, fez caps or any other face covering, wearing es loosely (for boys), rolling up sleeves, and wearing ar ficial hair beyond shoulder length, among others.
While some students like the new dress codes, others find fault in it. I personally think the enforcement of these rules are for the be erment of the students. Like in mass communica on department, lecturers do not allow their students to dress anyhow. They had sent me out once for not complying with departmental dress code.
The society generally is degenera ng and immoral acts are fast becoming the norms. Educa on goes beyond the four walls of classroom and literacy. University is a training ground to build a complete human being who is able to fit-in in all sphere of life. Educa on, morality, discipline, values and good character are what the ivory tower train the students for. That is well the dress code rule by the University of Ilorin is welcome.
Discipline starts from physical appearance, that is why it is important to have proper dressing on campus. I hope my fellow youths will appreciate this.
•Aleshinloye Kiifayah Dasola, Mass Comm. Dept, 200 level, Reg No: 202290050561HF of us have resolved to take whatever amount of the old naira notes to Osogbo on Monday.”
We’ve Circulated Enough New Currencies To Go Around - CBN strooms were uncompleted as of the me this medium visited it.
But the Central Bank of Nigeria, Osogbo branch, said it has circulated enough of the new naira notes to commercial banks, urging residents with old notes to go to their banks and change them to new ones.
The CBN warned commercial banks in the state against disbursing old naira notes, urging customers to report any bank disbursing the old currencies.
Deputy Director, Banking Supervision of the apex bank, Dr. Adetona Adedeji, stated this during a sensisa on tour on Wednesday.
He said: “We want to assure the people of Osun State that the Central Bank of Nigeria has printed enough money that will go round and our people should endeavour to take their old notes to the banks and collect the new ones.
According to the students, they had no other op on than to be relieving themselves in bushes when nature calls, since the school lacks func oning toilet.
A student of Health Informa on Management department who gave her name as Morayo, in a chat with OSUN DEFENDER, lamented that available chairs and tables in her classrooms were not enough for the students.
“Even the available chairs and tables are not comfortable, they are old chairs that are already fallen apart. We are learning under a very challenging environment”, said Morayo.
Another student of the school, Abiola, decried the poor road system and facilies on the campus.
According to him, the untarred road and unpaved path to their classrooms make the school buildings and classrooms dusty, and as a result make their clothes and shoes dirty as well.
He said: “Look at everywhere, dusty. No tarred road, no paved path to our classrooms. We don’t even have toilets. We go to the bush to relieve ourselves any me the nature calls. The environment is not conducive for learning at all.”
“There is no bank that will pay you with old notes now. All banks have enough new currency to go around. So, we are appealing to our people to adhere to the instruc ons. By midnight on January 31st, the old notes will cease to be legal tender in Nigeria.
“I can assure you that there is no bank in this state as of today that can afford to pay the old notes. The direc ve is so clear and CBN has given them enough currency to circulate.
“Banks have stop given out old notes since last Friday and if any bank is s ll disbursing old currencies, such bank should be reported to CBN, Osogbo branch”.
Speaking during the sensi sa on tour, a resident of the state, Onyema Udeze, appealed to the Federal Government to extend the deadline, saying the direc ve was having a nega ve impact on traders.
Udeze who sells secondhand clothes around Oke Onitea, Osogbo, said his sales have dropped because he was rejec ng the old notes from his customers.
He said: “I am a trader and I don’t have a bank account. I deal with money daily and because of the direc ve, some of my customers who came to buy goods with old notes were not a ended to and the repercussion is that I couldn’t get money to feed my family.
“The new naira notes has not circulated very well and in as much as I admire the ini a ve, I want to appeal to the Federal Government to extend the deadline from January 31st”.