Amosun Cautions Pupils Against Cultism
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has raised the alarm over high level of cultism in the nation’s educational sector, saying it has now become the most potent cause of insecurity in the institution of learning in the country.
Amosun stated this while addressing participants at the maiden edition of Ogun Education Summit tagged “Affordable Qualitative Education: Pursuit Of Excellence”, held at the Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State, urging primary school pupils to desist from cultism.
He added that cultism has elevated the challenge facing the average students to new and dangerous dimensions, noting that it has become worrisome and prevalent in the primary schools across the state.
He said the reports reaching him indicated that cultism was now thriving in many primary schools in Ogun State, while some teachers were not left out of the mess, with some unscrupulous elements making diabolical incisions on the lips of pupils.
He said his administration has invested over N2billion in the provision of required textbooks and educational materials, such as exercise books, pens, pencils, mathematical sets and files which were freely distributed to students in the primary and secondary schools across the state, saying, he sees no reason why primary pupils would be joining secret cults.
He urged the parents, guardians to rise up to the challenges of nation building by intensifying their efforts in raising their children and enjoining them to desist from joining any secret cults in their various schools of learning.
“As a parent, we need to instill the right discipline and morals in our children, so that once they are well nurtured at home, it will have a ripple effect on the society, making it a better one to live in,” Amosun said.
