Students Chide Govt On Corruption

The Director of Programmes, National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), Taiwo Olalekan James, has blamed the Federal Government for the corruption in the education sector and the nation’s polity at large.

James made this assertion in Lagos recently during his association’s conferment of awards on the Vice Chairman of Ojokoro Local Council Development area, Alhaja Fausat Hassan-Olajoku and the council’s Legislative House’s leader, Deacon Sunday Ajayi respectively.

The student unionist said: “The Federal Government has been paying lip-service to the fight against corruption, which has eaten deep into the nation’s polity. The time to curb corruption is now, and we the future leaders will not fold our arms while the scourge continues reign. We also urge the government to wake up from its slumber on the fight against corruption.”

In recognition of her contributions to democracy, youth empowerment and infrastructure development, Vice chairman Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, Alhaja Fausat Hassan-Olajoku was honoured by the National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS.

Speaking at the presentation of the Merit Award on the council boss at Ijaiye-Ojokoro, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Director of Programme of NAPS, Comrade Taiwo Olalekan James, said that Alhaja Hassan-Olajoku was honoured due to her “invaluable roles and immeasurable contributions to humanity.”

He described the vice chairman, who was also honoured along with the council’s Legislative House’s Leader, Deacon Sunday Ajayi, as one whose “passion for education and humanity was remarkable and worth emulating.”

James said that more than 1.7 million polytechnic students in the country would continue to be grateful to the vice chairman for lifting the morale of the students and the masses in general.

While accepting the award as a call to more work, Alhaja Fausat Hassan- Olajoku said Nigerian students represent the nation’s future and deserved better attention, especially in the areas of education, good heath and housing facilities.

She said she had initiated programmes on health, HIV/AIDS, hypertension, diabetes, among the vulnerable groups of people in the council area, to enhance their living standards, vowing to do more.