The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, His Excellency,
Ambassador Oladele Akadiri, OON, has instituted a N1million
anti-corruption essay competition for staff and students of the
Institution as part of measures to engender transparency and due process
in the nation.
He made the pronouncement during a three-day
workshop, entitled, “Building University Culture in Adekunle Ajasin
University” held recently on campus.
The Pro-Chancellor proposed
“Can Corruption and Indiscipline Be Eradicated from Nigeria? If So, How?
And What Role Can Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Play in Such an
Undertaking?” as theme for the essay competition.
Ambassador
Akadiri, who described such intellectual engagement (Essay Competition)
as an indispensable element of University Culture, said, “I am proposing
a competitive academic exercise on campus, in form of an essay that
would be open to all students and staff, or a thesis, or a dissertation.
And
the exercise could take off in July and end in September this year, so
that necessary awards could be given to the winner and two runners-up in
October, 2015, all totaling 1,000,000 (one million) Naira, at my own
expense.”
The Pro-Chancellor asked the University Management to
set up a three-man Committee to establish the necessary ground rules and
standards for the competition.
While noting that AAUA is already
noted for academic excellence, the Pro-Chancellor said the University
and other universities in Nigeria must inculcate Moral Culture –
transparency, honesty and absolute integrity – as a way of life “in
these days of Universal Corruption and pervasive indiscipline in our
country”.
Ambassador Akadiri said, “On an equal footing with
academic excellence, honesty and integrity must find a permanent home at
AAUA, to such extent that, when employers of labour are out in search
of incorruptible staff, Akungba will become their first port of call.”
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