Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: On the Matter of Code of Ethics for Our Nigerian Universities {Re: Sex for grades ast Sokoto State Polytechnic

Prof Aluko,

Kudos.Your effort is commendable but I pray that it outlives you as VC.This is not the first time such ethics and sanctions have been put in place only to be jettisoned by next administration and some sent away for such offences brought back and even paid  arrears of salary for "wrongful" dismissal as experience of of some older Universities portray. I hope these ethics become a culture that cannot be uprooted in our Universities, but will they? When religious, ethnic and all forms of parochial sentiments are used to cover the truth and prevent the law from taking its course. How I wish your experience will be different.

Nkolika

Awka

From: Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com>
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: On the Matter of Code of Ethics for Our Nigerian Universities {Re: Sex for grades ast Sokoto State Polytechnic

Missing - now added - was the Non-Teaching Staff table of suggestions of the Code of Ethics...

NON-TEACHING STAFF

MINOR MISCONDUCT	MISCONDUCT	GROSS MISCONDUCT
a)      Poor attitude to work (lateness, closing before time, loitering, malingering,             and gossiping) b)      Trading in the office c)      Poor response time? d)      Dodging committee assignments? e)      Rumour mongering f)       Worship in unauthorized places g)      Failure to respect the rights of staff and students h)      Intimidation of students with failure i)        Hostility/unfriendliness to towards clients, poor public/human relations	a)      Abdicating responsibilities b)      Improper delegation c)      Unauthorized academic pursuits d)      improper/indecent dressing e)      Delay to authorize payments. f)       Improper management of university physical assets. g)      Religious Extremism? h)      Absence without permission i)        Victimization/favoritism of staff/students j)        Late/non-retirement of advances k)      Failure to attend meetings of committees/boards to which they are members l)        Using unauthorized person(s) to perform official duties m)    Failure to respect and maintain hierarchy in administration and order of protocol of the University n)      Using privileged information to pervert/prejudice the course of Justice o)      Unauthorized academic pursuits	a)      Unauthorized disclosure of official information b)      Alteration/ falsification of result and other records c)      Tempering with official documents d)      Collusion with contractors and consultants. e)       Posting unauthorized information on the University Website f)       Membership/patronship of cult/aiding and abetting cultism g)      Demanding/offering sexual or financial/material gratification for services, actions or inaction h)      Rape or fighting i)        False receipting/over-invoicing other financial impropriety j)        Conviction of criminal offence k)      Divulging official secrets, altering/forging official documents, or aiding/abetting others
SANCTIONS: a)      Verbal reprimand b)      Query c)      Warning d)      Final warning	SANCTIONS: a)      Forfeiture of increment b)      Forfeiture of promotion c)      Interdiction d)      Termination of appointment	SANCTIONS: a)      Termination of appointment b)      Dismissal

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Mobolaji ALUKO <alukome@gmail.com> wrote:

Ikhide:

The kind of sordid tales from Sokoto State Polytechnic below is why I as the VC of the Federal University, Otuoke, working in concert with the other Nine New Federal Universities (NNFUs) - and using my alma mater University of California Code of Ethics as a basis - suggested that we have a draft Code of Ethics for our own Academic Staff, Non-Academic Staff and Students, complete with categorizations and suggested sanctions.  Our code is currently undergoing review by all the NNFUs for domestication and quick adoption by us, to be followed by presentation to ASUU, NUC and others.

I have presented below in tabular form what we are thinking of - some suggestions will be welcome.

We must clean up our universities, and we in the NNFUs are interested in leading the way as we open our doors soon.

Bolaji Aluko

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DRAFT CODE OF ETHICS of NNFUs (In tabular form)

ACADEMIC STAFF

MINOR MISCONDUCT	MISCONDUCT	GROSS MISCONDUCT
a)      Overstaying in the classroom b)      Failure to provide detailed schedule of lectures, practicals, clinical during the first lecture of the semester c)      Failure to administer continuous assessment when due, and failure to promptly inform students of performance d)      Failure to respect the rights of staff and students e)      Intimidation of students with failure f)       Hostility/unfriendliness to towards clients, poor public/human relations	a)      Holding lectures in unauthorized venues b)      Re-scheduling of lectures and examination without authorization c)      Not covering the full time allocated for lectures d)      Failure of attendance at lectures and examinations/ not covering the academic syllabus e)      Too many adjunct or part-time appointments affecting productivity? f)       Undue delay graduating students? g)      Absence without permission h)      Victimization/favoritism of staff/students i)        Late/non-retirement of advances j)        Failure to attend meetings of committees/boards to which they are members k)      Using unauthorized person(s) to perform official duties l)        Failure to respect and maintain hierarchy in administration and order of protocol of the University m)    Using privileged information to pervert/prejudice the course of Justice n)      Unauthorized academic pursuits	a)      Plagiarism: appropriating the intellectual property of others for self-advancement b)      Sale of hand-outs and other printed materials or using tactics to compel purchase of handout/printed material c)      Aiding and abetting of examination malpractice, writing projects/assignments for students d)      Reluctance of failure/refusal to invigilate examinations e)      Non-marking of  scripts/allocation of marks f)       Missing examination scripts and results g)      Alteration of  marks and grades h)      Late commencement of Lectures i)        Membership/patronship of cult/aiding and abetting cultism j)        Demanding/offering sexual or financial/material gratification for services, actions or inaction k)      Rape or fighting l)        False receipting/over-invoicing other financial impropriety m)    Conviction of criminal offence n)      Divulging official secrets, altering/forging official documents, or aiding/abetting others o)      Late or non-submission of examination grades p)      Absconding to escape serving for a bonded period of time after training or failure to serve out the complete  duration of bond
SANCTIONS: a)      Verbal reprimand b)      Query c)      Warning d)      Final warning	SANCTIONS: a)      Forfeiture of increment b)      Forfeiture of promotion c)      Interdiction d)      Termination of appointment	SANCTIONS: a)      Termination of appointment b)      Dismissal

STUDENTS

MINOR MISCONDUCT	MISCONDUCT	GROSS MISCONDUCT	ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
a)      Lateness to lectures, practicals, workshops, clinicals or examinations and switch off all cell phones during lectures and other university activities. b)      Failure to register for all courses and attending less than 75% of the lectures, practicals, workshops or clinicals to qualify to write semester examination c)      Not respecting the rights of staff and fellow students. d)      Indecent dressing	e)      Selling/leasing university hostel accommodation and other property to other students or persons. f)       using classrooms and university property for unauthorized activities including religious meetings and parties. g)      Must not collect money, sell books/handouts on            behalf of staff .   t	a)      Offer money, sex or other enticements in exchange for higher grades or alteration/forgery of records/documents or favor b)      Must not be a member or engage in activities of secret cults or other unauthorized/unregistered organizations c)      Conviction for criminal offence d)      Involvement in raping or fighting e)      Stealing f)       Involvement in demonstration	a)      Involvement in any form of examination malpractice including impersonation or aiding/abetting others in doing same. b)      Alteration/ falsification of result and other records c)      Plagiarism: appropriating the intellectual property of others for self-advancement or disobeying copyright laws
SANCTIONS: a)      Verbal warning b)      Written warning c)      Denial of right to attend the lecture, practicals, etc d)      Denial of right to write the examination in courses with less than 75% attendance	SANCTIONS: a)      Written warning b)      Rustication for a period c)	SANCTIONS: a)      Rustication for a period b)      Expulsion	SANCTIONS: a)      Expulsion b)      Expulsion with notification of other institutions

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From: Ikhide <xokigbo@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:26 PMSubject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Sex for grades ast Sokoto State PolytechnicTo: "USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com" <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>

The shameless sex-for-grade lecturers of Sokoto State Polytechnic By Amiru Adamu

 There are numerous uninvestigated cases of missing scripts, carryovers and spillovers that were as a result of the female students choosing the paths of honour

Higher institutions of learning exist to further transform its students and make them model members of the society. Students are a trust given to their teachers by parents and God almighty. It is unfortunate,that some group of lecturers of the Sokoto State Polytechnic have deciced to throw away all ethics and pride associated with the teaching profession by  inventing a new educational policy of 'sex-for-grades' in the institution.

This group of lecturers go about threatening, intimidating and blackmailing female students of the polytechnic into having forced intimate affairs with them or risk failing woefully regardless of whether the students pass legitimately or not. Though this behaviour is not peculiar to the school alone, the rate at which the act is being perpetrated in the school, under the very nose of the school authorities, is alarming. There are numerous uninvestigated cases of missing scripts, carryovers and spillovers that were as a result of the female students choosing the paths of honour and refusing to give in to the demands of the grade-for-sex lecturers in the institution

Read the rest of this sordid report here.

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The shameless sex-for-grade lecturers of Sokoto State Polytechnic By Amiru Adamu

01/04/2012 08:50:00Amiru Adamu

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Amiru Adamu

There are numerous uninvestigated cases of missing scripts, carryovers and spillovers that were as a result of the female students choosing the paths of honour

Higher institutions of learning exist to further transform its students and make them model members of the society. Students are a trust given to their teachers by parents and God almighty. It is unfortunate,that some group of lecturers of the Sokoto State Polytechnic have deciced to throw away all ethics and pride associated with the teaching profession by  inventing a new educational policy of 'sex-for-grades' in the institution.

This group of lecturers go about threatening, intimidating and blackmailing female students of the polytechnic into having forced intimate affairs with them or risk failing woefully regardless of whether the students pass legitimately or not. Though this behaviour is not peculiar to the school alone, the rate at which the act is being perpetrated in the school, under the very nose of the school authorities, is alarming. There are numerous uninvestigated cases of missing scripts, carryovers and spillovers that were as a result of the female students choosing the paths of honour and refusing to give in to the demands of the grade-for-sex lecturers in the institution.

The story of halima (not real name) best describes what has become a daily occurence between female sudents and sex-for-grade lecturers in Sokoto poly. Halima, who was admitted into the school last year, was asked out by a lecturer. When halima refused, the lecturer threatened her and promised to deal with her for having the audacity to refuse him. Halima forgot all about the incident and went on with her studies. She sat for exams and went home for holidays only to return and find "ABSENT" written all over her result sheet. Halima went and complained to the officer in-charge of examinations, who happens to be the same fellow whose advances she rejected. The lecturer told her the reason her result indicates absent, though she had written the exams, was because she refused him. He went further to advise her to pack her bags and leave the school because according to him, "she would never graduate if she doesn't give in to his demands". When I asked halima if she had reported the case? She answered yes, and said the first question the head of department asked is if the lecturer in question had ever shown interest in her. This shows that the school authority is fully aware of the activities of the lecturers, but decided to keep silent for reasons best known to them.

Another related story happened to a close relative of mine. The female relative had to leave the school and seek admission elsewhere because of the harrasment of one of such rapists in educational gowns. 

Some may ask why the girls shy away from reporting such harrasment? The answer is simple. They try to avoid the stigma attached to being raped and also have no confidence whatsoever in the authorities concerned. Another reason is the fact that the group is organised like the crime syndicate that it is, a victim might end up reporting to a member of the group unknowingly.

It must be stated however that female students themselves are not without blemish as some of them try to entice lecturers for easy grades. Nevertheless I am of the opinion that any lecturer worth his salt will not give in to such temptations considering the fact that the students are a trust in his care.

These activities going on in Sokoto Polytechnic shows the failure of the school management. This indicates the lack of leadership and gross incompetence of the people at the helms of affairs in the school. They have aided and abated rape, blackmail and intimidation in the institution that was once a role model for discipline and scholarship.    

I am using this medium to call on His excellency, the executive governor of Sokoto State, to, as a matter of urgency, look into the activities of the sex-for-grade lecturers and prosecute the culprits. I will also like to call on women activists to put pressure and compel those in authority to look into the situation before things further get out of hand.

Amiru Adamu is the publisher of Northern Wind magazine

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