AAUA VC Condemns Cohabitation among
Students
As Student Affairs Division Holds Summit on Cohabitation
The Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, Prof.
Igbekele Ajibefun, on Wednesday last week, condemned the prevailing cohabitation syndrome
among students of tertiary institutions.
Professor Ajibefun, who was represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Benson
Akinnawonu, gave the disapproval in his Opening Remark at a One-Day Summit on
“Cohabitation among Students” organized by the Student Affairs Division of the University in
conjunction with the Airtel Telecommunication outfit.
The Vice Chancellor said, “Cohabitation among students is a reprobate act that requires all
hands to be on deck to arrest the ugly trend. Living together and having sexual relationship
without being married is a trend that has virtually eroded the level of morality among the
youth, particularly students of higher institutions.
“Findings by researchers have proved that cohabitation among unmarried students has been on
the rise and if deliberate and pragmatic steps are not taken by all stakeholders, including
managements of tertiary institutions, parents and religious leaders, this anomaly will continue
to rise unabated and the society will ultimately suffer for it.”
Prof. Ajibefun commended the Student Affairs Division under the deanship of Dr. Bolanle
Ogungbamila for the initiative and thanked Airtel, one of the nation’s leading
telecommunication networks, for the partnership to campaign against the immoral trend.
In his Welcome Address, Dr. Ogungbamila identified low level of monitoring, mentoring and
inadequate hostel accommodation as factors that have engendered cohabitation among the
students.
He said, “The low level of monitoring and mentoring coupled with inadequate hostel
accommodation have engendered co-habitation among our students. Apart from constituting a
source of distraction, co-habitation has physiologic, psychological, economic, academic and
spiritual implications for students who engage in the act.”
The resource persons at the summit were the Director of Women Studies and Development
Centre, AAUA, Dr. (Mrs.) Nireti Duyilemi, who spoke on “Campus Co-Habitation: A Negative
Attitudinal Disposition that Debases the Dignity of Womanhood”; and Dr. (Mrs.) A.A Akintola,
who examined the topic, “Adolescent’s Risky Sexual Behaviour and Its Consequences on
Reproductive Health.”
Students
As Student Affairs Division Holds Summit on Cohabitation
The Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, Prof.
Igbekele Ajibefun, on Wednesday last week, condemned the prevailing cohabitation syndrome
among students of tertiary institutions.
Professor Ajibefun, who was represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Benson
Akinnawonu, gave the disapproval in his Opening Remark at a One-Day Summit on
“Cohabitation among Students” organized by the Student Affairs Division of the University in
conjunction with the Airtel Telecommunication outfit.
The Vice Chancellor said, “Cohabitation among students is a reprobate act that requires all
hands to be on deck to arrest the ugly trend. Living together and having sexual relationship
without being married is a trend that has virtually eroded the level of morality among the
youth, particularly students of higher institutions.
“Findings by researchers have proved that cohabitation among unmarried students has been on
the rise and if deliberate and pragmatic steps are not taken by all stakeholders, including
managements of tertiary institutions, parents and religious leaders, this anomaly will continue
to rise unabated and the society will ultimately suffer for it.”
Prof. Ajibefun commended the Student Affairs Division under the deanship of Dr. Bolanle
Ogungbamila for the initiative and thanked Airtel, one of the nation’s leading
telecommunication networks, for the partnership to campaign against the immoral trend.
In his Welcome Address, Dr. Ogungbamila identified low level of monitoring, mentoring and
inadequate hostel accommodation as factors that have engendered cohabitation among the
students.
He said, “The low level of monitoring and mentoring coupled with inadequate hostel
accommodation have engendered co-habitation among our students. Apart from constituting a
source of distraction, co-habitation has physiologic, psychological, economic, academic and
spiritual implications for students who engage in the act.”
The resource persons at the summit were the Director of Women Studies and Development
Centre, AAUA, Dr. (Mrs.) Nireti Duyilemi, who spoke on “Campus Co-Habitation: A Negative
Attitudinal Disposition that Debases the Dignity of Womanhood”; and Dr. (Mrs.) A.A Akintola,
who examined the topic, “Adolescent’s Risky Sexual Behaviour and Its Consequences on
Reproductive Health.”
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