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EDUCATION => Admission and Study Abroad => Nigerian Admission & Campus Updates => Topic started by: LMU on May 03, 2013, 05:31 PM

Title: Landmark University - LANDMARK UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CELEBRATES WORKERS DAY 2013
Post by: LMU on May 03, 2013, 05:31 PM
"We are here to celebrate you and I. Workers day is the celebration of the tenacity and contributions of the average Nigerian worker." These were the words of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mathew Ola-Rotimi Ajayi at the event organized by the Management of Landmark University to commemorate the nation's workers day.

On the 1st of May, 2013, the entire Landmark University community joined the rest of Nigeria to celebrate the nation's Workers day. The event which took place at the University Multipurpose Hall started at 10.00am.

The event witnessed a Staff/Student Parley on the topic "Curbing the Spate of Insecurity in Nigeria". The discussants included two lecturers from the Departments of Political Science & Civil Engineering of the University, Dr. Agaptus Nwozor, Engr. Owamah Hillary respectively; and two students Miss Adeyemi Opeolu and Mr. Olonade. The parley was organized to enable staff and students of the University exchange ideas on a very topical issue in an open and interactive forum.

In her opening remarks, the Registrar Landmark University, Mrs. Mary Aboyade, stated that nothing meaningful could be achieved in any country bereft of security. She urged the students and staff to take advantage of the gathering in identifying the nagging issue of insecurity in the country.

The discussants agreed that, Insecurity predates the current political dispensation, a national and has its roots in the colonial era. But they equally lamented the failure of security managers to curb the malaise despite huge budgetary provisions to the sector.

To them, causes of insecurity are varied, but include: poverty, high unemployment rate, visionless leadership, distorted federal system, culture of impunity amongst the leaders, insincerity on the path of government and disenchanted youth.

The solutions, the speakers opined, include the resort to the practice of true federalism, convocation of sovereign national conference to enable the different ethnic groups determine their basis of co-existence, the entrenchment of equity, justice and equitable distribution of resources in the country's political and economic structures.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. M. Ola-Rotimi Ajayi in his remark noted that, insecurity cut across every sphere of our lives. He enjoined the University Community to look beyond the constant blame on leadership by taking responsibility as citizens. One way to demonstrate this, he argued, is by refusal to condone evil by exposing acts detrimental to the security of our community.

Specifically he urged the students to shun the use of hard drugs and stealing, and to expose individuals and groups involved in such nefarious activities, while restating the University's zero-tolerance for such anti-social behaviours.

In attendance at the parley were the Management of the University, led by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ajayi, Deans of Colleges, members of faculty, staff and students.

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