Sexual Assault: Rector Threatens Sanctions Against Lecturers

The Rector of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Uwana (AIFPU), Ven Ogbonnia Ibe-Enwo has warned lecturers to desist from the act of abusing students sexually or financially. The rector who gave the warning during the 35th Matriculation Ceremony of the School said anyone caught in the act will face the consequences. He added that appropriate measures have been taken to eradicate or curtail any form of extortion in the institution. Venn Ogbonia, however, urged the Federal Government to review the Federal Polytechnic Act, noting that the move will revolutionalise polytechnic education in the country and ensure the production of manpower up to the highest level from Bachelor of Technology to Doctorate degree of Technology. His words: “The review will also enable us be at par with universities while allowing our core mandates to remain. The rector noted that the move will ensure productivity and ensure a level playing ground for all members of the sector such that they would attain the peak of their careers. “We should abrogate all dichotomies militating against productivity, as obtained in the career progression between the university and polytechnic graduates,” the rector added.

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