Group Pic with The National Association of Nigerians Female Students, (NANFS), and Hon Ochor Chris Ochor (Centre), and Staff of DESOPADEC
By Emmanuel Enebeli
Warri: The National Association of Nigerians Female Students, (NANFS), has been called to be vanguards to eschew all forms of anti-social activities, such as cultism in all Nigerian schools of higher learning.
The charge was giving when the NANFS National Executive body paid the Executive Director, Social Services Development, on the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, (DESOPADEC) Hon Ochor Chris Ochor, a courtesy call in his office in Warri, on Thursday 26 January, 20i7.
He called on the students to use the body to ensure that dignity of the womanhood is preserved from destruction from anti-social activities, especially cultism, which girls, especially those in higher schools are now taking pride to participate. By either joining or forming their own groups.
Hon Ochor emphasized the need for attitudinal change by the female students, and said that NANFS as a body should fight it.
“The National Association of Nigerian Female Students, should be an umbrella to fight cultism among the female students, it should be one of your cardinal objectives”. He said.
Stressing that cultism is anti-social activity, be it male or female cult activity, he said that the place of woman in the society should be well understood, saying that why the system is fighting the ugly male cult activities, that of girls engaging in it is becoming too alarming.
“This is not good for the Nigerian society, especially future mothers”. He said.
While pledging support for any form of measures that will bring sanity to the Nigerian educational system, especially that of the Girl-Child, he said if cultism is not checked among the female students, it will create a bigger problem for the Nigerian family system in the future.
“Use your program and activities and any form of genuine means to foster peace, unity, fight cultism and anti-developmental activities that will hinge on the proper learning of the Nigerian female students, as violent of different forms is bedevilling our higher institutions”. He said.
He reminded the students that the schools will only be a good learning environment when they join forces with the authorities to see that rules are allowed in all they do.
Earlier in her speech, the Secretary-General of the body, Comr. Blessing Morka, has said that the female student body will be launching an action plan tagged “Nigerian Rebirth” to reform the lives of the Nigerian youths. And are ready to partner with the exam and ethic committee to curb examination malpractices, abolish all forms of campus violence such as cultism and other anti-social vices.
The highlight of the visit was an award tagged “21st Century ICON of Hope and Inspiration for the Younger Generation” on Hon Ochor Chris Ochor by the female students’ body.
