Thirty EIGHT students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
University (UNIZIK) in Awka, the Anambra State
capital, have renounced cultism. They took the
step, at a cult Renunciation Ceremony held at the
College of Health Services in Okofia, Nnewi. Last year, over 60 students renounced their
membership of secret cults at a similar ceremony. Speaking at an interdenominational service to
commemorate the event, Very Reverend Obay
enjoined members of the university community
to shun secret cultism, saying its disadvantages
were far more than its benefit. The cleric identified peer pressure as reason
youths join secret society, advising parents to be
mindful of the type of companies their children
keep in order not to be lured into ungodly clubs. Rev Obay advised students to shun vices that
could mar their purpose in the university, urging
them to submit their daily activities to God. The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Joseph Ahaneku
praised the clerics who graced the event, saying
their attendance showed their commitment to
the university’s progress. He said the event was
a spiritual cleansing, urging students to report
any form of intimidation by lecturers or their colleagues to the authorities. Highpoint was the presentation of the students
who publicly renounced cultism to the
congregation. At the event were the Registrar, Dr Hyacinth
Isidienu; the College provost, Prof Nwafor, wife
of the VC, Dr Gladys Ahaneku and other
members of the university community.