EDUCATION: IBNE Council Boss, Hon Ibrahim Akintayo Visits Loyola College And Lagelu Grammar School To Address Them On The Consequences Of Immorality

Cultism is one of the problems threatening the peace of the society, especially in many junior and secondary schools in Ibadan north east local government environs. It serves as an incubator for criminal activities and helps in destroying the youths.

Unfortunately, it has indeed gotten so bad that it now rears its ugly head across all segments of the society, including secondary schools, among mechanics, keke and motorcycle operators. Regrettably, women are not exempted. They have no regards for human life; they kill main and destroy, well as creating fear in the society. Many of them graduate to become very hardened criminals that terrorize the society. In the past two weeks, several members of the gang were arrested by police operatives working in synergy with important stakeholders in the security sector. The chairman said; “During my visit to Lagelu grammar school information was received that the some cult group had launched their shrine where their initiation will be taking place. Police operatives were mobilised and they ambushed the gang as they fled from the scene. The effort paid off as the Police succeeded in demobilising the gang. He however stated that moral decadence in secondary schools is becoming rampant daily. Institutions of learning that are supposed to be the centres of moral values have become the grounds for all forms of immoral activities. Like other vices, such as drug abuse and prostitution, indecent dressings in our secondary schools have become the order of the day.

Different reasons have been advanced as to why students dress indecently. These include poor parenting, peer pressure, wrong use of the Internet, fading traditional values as well as demonic influence. The negative implications of indecent dressing, especially among female students are that, they fall victims of rape in their environments they are lured into prostitution by their friends, because of the way they dress. They are also likely to be influenced to join bad gangs. All these result to poor academic performance.

To address these problems, measures need to be taken by government and the authorities of the school by increasingly sensitising and educating students about the dangers associated with immorality and indecent dressing. Staff and students should be given periodic orientation on the need for good moral conducts. They should be educated on what is expected of them and why moral values are required in man’s life. He however stated that the legal framework should uphold the tenets of all men being equal before the law should be upheld. Every crime has a punishment and every criminal should not evade punishment. These would reduce /curb/ curtail violent killings by anyone/group in our society.”

Hon Ibrahim Akintayo extend his gratitude to the police officers of iwo road testing ground police station and Agugu police division because anytime he call on them, they respond promptly.