Welcome to the Cold Room By Abdullah Abdulganiy – TheNigerialawyer

These are trying times in academia. So, Pastor Dr Boniface
Igbeneghu was caught in the act. Spewing rubbish that does not
befit an academic that he is. Turning logic on its head. “But that
(having sexual affairs with students) is not good ooo”, the girl
teased him. “What is not good?”, our Dr retorted. “But won’t the
lecturer be favoring the female student in question”, the girl
queried. “Of course, that is the benefit”, Dr Boniface said
confidently.

Sex-for-grades is one of the endemic problems bedeviling the
academic world. So famous is it that a single university in the
whole of Nigeria cannot be singled out from the menace. Ninety-five
percent of our lecturers across various institutions are guilty of
this phenomenon.

When an institution allows females to dress in the most indecent
manner, and calls that civilization or freedom; totally wages a war
against those who chose to dress decently, then what are our
expectations. You see a lady half-clothed in the university
environment, what do you think that would result to. Are the
lecturers inanimate?

My position in essence is that it’s about time we review how
people are dressed in the society in general and the university
environment in particular. Not all sexual molestation and rape
cases are instigated by dressing mode; that I understand. There are
some greedy and randy lecturers who want everything under skirt.
However, ninety-five per cent of these sexual intimidations are
precipitated by indecent dressing.

It is difficult to differentiate between the A gotten with good
brain from the ones gotten with big butt. Sexually transmitted
degrees abound. There are just many sides to this phenomenon. The
recruitment process in the university system is also adding salt to
the injury.

Mediocrity rather than meritocracy is the order of the day. So,
how does a lecturer who does not parade the necessary
qualifications and integrity expected of an academic protect
academic integrity and value? It takes a less qualified lecturer
nothing to inflate marks and grades since he also rose to the
position per chance.

From any perspective we see it, one thing is sacrosanct:
sex-for-grades is evil. Thus, it must be tamed with immediate
effect. It is one of the many factors contributing to the state of
quagmire Nigeria finds itself today. You see people with enviable
academic qualifications who cannot defend it in the labor
market.

Beneficiaries of sex-for-marks or sex-for-benefits are the ones
operating in different MDAs of government. So,
sex-for-undeserved-benefits is rife across board, and it must be
eliminated if this country must witness progress and know
peace!

Abdullah Abdulganiy, University of Ilorin [email protected]^[1]

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