UNILORIN, Kwara College of Education Ban Sign-Out Ceremonies, Give Reasons

• Two Nigerian tertiary institutions have announced a ban on sign-out ceremonies for graduating students
• The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) and the Kwara State College of Education (COE) made this known in separate statements
• The schools mentioned “immoral practice” among other numerous complaints as reason for the ban

Kwara state, Ilorin -The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) and the Kwara State College of Education (COE) have banned sign-out ceremonies for graduating students.

According to Daily Trust, the schools announced the ban in separate statements after the final paper of their examinations.

UNILORIN's statement reads in part:

“Sign-outs, involving making inscriptions on white vests, car awareness and pouring water on each other, embarked upon by final-year students are banned with immediate effect.”

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The COE also said it banned the sign-out ceremony following “immoral practice” by two students, among several other complaints.

The statement reads in part:

“The college management has finally banned the sign-out activities within and around the college premises.”

It was gathered that some UNILORIN students brought musicians into the school where wads of naira were sprayed during their graduation.

Daily Trust quoted a source as saying the COE had already instituted a panel of enquiry on the case of one of its students, Mohammed AbdulSalam.

The student was said to have grabbed the bre*sts of a fellow student, Tawakalitu Sulyman during the sign-out ceremony in the school last week.

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Source: Legit.ng