A few years ago, the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State expelled two students for engaging in illegal drug trafficking.
The student ethics and disciplinary committee’s chairman, Martins Adekanmbi, made this information public.
He claimed that the institution’s administration is unyielding in its efforts to stop pupils from using heavy narcotics.
He expressed confidence that the awareness campaign organised by the Police Community Relations Committee and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency will contribute to the reduction of the problem while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a sensitization at the university on the war against drug usage.
He disclosed that the institution’s management had already started an internal awareness campaign against drug misuse and other wrongdoing there.
“Students Affairs, the Vice Chancellor, the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee, and I believe it is time to conduct a student-audience sensitization campaign about this matter of ethics and discipline, which falls directly under my purview.
We began that awareness campaign on Monday, meeting students at their dorms at 6 a.m., canvassing and informing them of wrongdoings.
And, of course, the problem of drug misuse is one of the problems, one of the primary causes of misconduct at universities.
“So, we recognised the chance, the PCRC and the NDLEA are quite prepared to come and speak our pupils against drug use. because we follow our own laws and standards. Additionally, if you are caught using drugs, the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee will expel you for one session and require a proof of fitness from a mental health facility.
This implies that if you are found in possession of marijuana, colos, loud, or any other type of drug that kids today use, you will be suspended for one session.
“After that rustication, of course, you show a certificate of fitness.
In that case, you will be completely dismissed from the university if you are found to be selling.
“So, we don’t want that kind of expulsion, and we don’t want our kids to have their futures decided for them right away.
“We identified examples similar to that when we had two pupils expelled almost two years ago.
He claimed that “this sensitization will address many societal issues.”
