NAN-H-13
Extortion
By Sunday John
Lafia, July 3, 2017 (NAN) Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, has warned its lecturers against extorting money from students in exchange for marks.
Mr. Ibrahim Dauda, the Director of the Consultancy Unit of the polytechnic, gave the warning on Monday during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia.
Dauda said any the unit would sanction any of its lecturer or staff member caught in the act.
“Any staff in this unit that is caught collecting money from students as gratification or under any guise will face the full wrath of the law.
“Also, any students caught offering money or any gift as gratification to any staff of the unit to get favour will, equally, be sanctioned,” he said.
He stressed that the unit had zero tolerance for corruption and warned those in the habit to desist.
Dauda also advised the students to shun all social vices as anyone caught would face disciplinary action.
He said that the institution would soon begin to give automatic employment to Higher National Diploma (HND) student who graduates with good grade as part of efforts to encourage them to study well.
The director also said the offer was aimed at boosting the performance of the students to justify the value the polytechnic attaches to its certificates that would be awarded to the students on the completion of their programmes.
Dauda added that the unit had commenced full National Diploma (ND) programme 13 years after it was established.
He said the introduction of the programme had become necessary to augment the carrying capacity of the polytechnic’s regular programmes.
He said that before institution started the current academic session, the unit was only offering Ordinary Diploma in all its programmes.
He said this had posed a serious challenge to its graduates who had wanted to gain admission for further their studies.
Dauda also said that the unit was planning to introduce part-time ND and HND Programmes that would span three years instead of the two years for regular ND programme.(NAN)
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Edited by Peter Dada