SP Ndukwe urges students to shun cultism, social vices, embrace responsible lifestyle
The Enugu State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, has urged students to shun cultism and other social vices, while embracing responsible lifestyle and leadership.
Ndukwe made the call while delivering a keynote lecture titled: “Choices, Character and Consequences: Confronting Cultism and Other Social Vices on Campus” at the inauguration of the newly-elected Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Students’ Union Government (SUG) Executives on Friday.
He charged students to imbibe positive characters that would enable them become positive “brand ambassadors” of the institution and society”.
The police spokesperson noted that while every student enters a university or higher institution with dreams of success, those dreams are ultimately shaped by the choices they make.
He warned that cultism with its closely associated evils such as drug abuse, examination malpractice, cybercrime and other social vices, though often disguised as shortcuts to success, only lead to academic failure.
According to him, cultism leads to damaged reputations, criminal prosecution and, in some cases, the loss of lives and promising futures.
He urged them to choose their friends wisely, resist peer pressure, uphold integrity, and remember that “today’s choices become tomorrow’s consequences.”
Ndukwe reaffirmed the commitment of the Enugu State Police Command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, CP Mamman Giwa, to ensuring a safe and secured learning environment in ESUT and other institutions in the state.
The police spokesman encouraged students to remain vigilant, law-abiding and to promptly report criminal activities or suspicious persons within and around their campuses.
Congratulating the new student leadership, Ndukwe described their election as a call to selfless service, stressing that “leadership is about influence, responsibility and leading by example”.
He challenged them to promote peace, unity, discipline and academic excellence, while working with the university management and security agencies to combat cultism, drug abuse and other social vices on campus.
The event was declared open by the Vice-Chancellor of ESUT, Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, and attended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ernest Nwoha, the Provost, the Registrar, the University Librarian, Dean of Students Affairs, other principal officers, former SUG leaders and students.