Prof. Charles Ayo, a former Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, has identified indiscipline and lack of fear of God as major factors contributing to the incessant cases of `sex for marks’ in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
Ayo made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on Tuesday.
NAN reports that a Senior Lecturer, Dr Boniface Igbenegbu of the Faculty of Art, University of Lagos, Akoka, was recently caught on camera making sexual demands of a student seeking admission into the institution.
Also, Prof. Richard Akindele of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was sentenced to six months imprisonment for same offence of ‘sex for marks’ scandal in 2018.
The don said that it was really unfortunate that issues of sex for marks had become rampant in the country’s tertiary institutions.
“Lack of discipline by the lecturers and the way some of the students dress are reasons for their molestation,” he said.
Ayo said that lecturers and faculty members are supposed to act as parents to the students. Read more