AAUA VC Condemns Spate Of Students Living “Couples’ Life” On Campus
The Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, has condemned cohabiting among students of opposite sex popularly referred to as “couples’ life”.
At a summit on “Cohabitation among students”, organised by the Students Affairs Division of the institution, Ajibefun said tertiary institutions should stop the trend.
Ajibefun, who was represented by the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof Benson Akinnawonu, at the event supported by Airtel, said cohabitation has dire consequences.
He 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.”
Ajibefun praised the Students Affairs Division under Dr. Bolanle Ogungbamila for the initiative and Airtel for partnering to campaign against immorality.
Ogungbamila identified factors that have helped the trend to grow.
“The low level of monitoring and mentoring coupled with inadequate hostel accommodation has 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,” he said.
Resource persons at the event were Director of Women Studies and Development Centre, AAUA, Dr. Nireti Duyilemi, who spoke on “Campus Co-Habitation: A Negative attitudinal disposition that debases the dignity of womanhood”; and Dr A. A. Akintola, who examined the topic, “Adolescent’s risky sexual behaviour and its consequences on reproductive health.”
