The former head of the Department of Office Technology Management, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Mr Lawal Moshood, has called on students to dream big in their academic pursuit for them to achieve excellence in their various fields of study.
Mr Lawal made this known recently at the annual orientation for the newly admitted students of the 2014/2015 session.
“You should also have it in mind that you will be addressed by the way you dress. It is good to look good, nice and presentable in our dressing,” he said.
He advised that students should not dress with the mind to draw attention to themselves or make other to fall, noting that some students dress to lecture rooms with the sole aim of getting their lecturers down.
Lawal noted that the students should remember that anytime their dressing makes the opposite sex lust, heaven will hold them responsible for spiritual murder, because no religion approves indecent dressing and neither will any parent or guardian approve of it.
The former HOD also stressed that exposure of sensitive parts of the body, especially by the female student is bad and that the institution has set up a committee on indecent conduct to intervene on the issue, adding that if they are caught, they will be punished.
He urged both old and new students to shun violence, cultism and desist from any act that is capable of tarnishing the image of the institution. He added that the institution is not only a place of learning to acquire knowledge or skills, but also a place where students are trained to have morals and be good ambassadors of the institution.
A medical expert from the institution’s medical centre, Dr Falilat Alimi, also urged the students to always engage in regular exercises to make them fit and attain academic excellence.
Dr Falilat also added that eating nutritional food makes the body healthy, noting that fruits and other vegetables like pumpkin leaves, locally called ugwu are rich in iron and play a vital role in the body system.
“Pumpkin leaves can be cooked or eaten raw. Although the raw form may not be chewed directly, it is usually squeezed and used as short term blood tonic because it contains essential oils,” she said.
Babatunde Adepoju
(Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic Bida)