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NANS vows to address alleged N46m Babcock university India medical trip scam

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5 years ago

June 21, 2019

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to address the alleged N46million Babcock university, Ilisan-Remo India medical trip scam rocking the institution.

Mr Adeyemi Azeez, National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the association made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

It would be recalled that a report trending in the media on June 19 revealed how 48 final year medical students accused the institution of swindling over N46million meant for students medical trip to India.

The report gathered that due to this development, crisis erupted the institution when the management asked the affected students to pay N962,700 each for a training trip to India which was eventually not organised for the students.

It was also gathered that after the amount was paid into the school’s account, the journey became impossible as India embassy failed to grant the students visa to embark on their trip.

The issue was however brought to the public domain when parents and students insisted on the refund which the institution failed to oblige to.

He added that the association had set up a three-man committee to investigate the matter.

According to Azeez, the attention of the national leadership of NANS has been drawn through series of petitions submitted to the mail of the association from parents, guardians and students.

“NANS describes as shameful on the integrity of an assumed renowned university to have perpetrated such scam on students of the institutions.

“The president of NANS,Comrade Danielson Akpan has set up a committee to as a matter of urgency and neccessity visit the school to have interface with the management of the school, to avail NANS with the genesis and reasons of this allegations on the school managements.

“NANS cannot afford to neglect fundamental issues that directly affects Nigerian students, regardless of the category of learning.”

He, therefore, said that the leadership of the association had assigned Mr Ojo Regards, Vice President External Affairs, Mr Adeyemi Azeez, Puiblic Relations Officer and Mr Leke Ogunrombi, to serve as the investigating/enquiry committee.

Azeez added that the committee are to report back to the secretariat details of findings made from the school managements by Thursday, June 27.

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We Are Ready For NBBF/Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball League Final-Onikeku

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3 weeks ago

September 29, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

Sports Secretary of Nigeria Customs Service, Samuel Onikeku, has revealed that his team will be ready to compete when the final face of Zenith Basketball League Phase commences in Lagos.

Speaking on Saturday at the end of phase two for the Savannah conference in Abuja where the customs team only lost just one Game, Onikeku expressed that the customs team is ready to fight and win the trophy.

The top teams from each conference Atlantic and Savannah will converge in Lagos for the National finals.

The eight teams include, the Customs women’s basketball team Air Warriors, Titan Female team, and…. Will join MFM, First Bank Dolphins, and another team to compete.

Onikeku thumbs the Nigeria Customs Service Women’s Basketball Team for their resilience and outstanding performance at the just concluded Zenith Basketball League Phase 2 in Abuja.
According to him, the team has done well, in phases 1 and 2 we played 14 games and won 13 it’s a plus, and the team will be ready for Lagos.

”I just finished discussing with a coach, we are going to keep them in Camp because the time is very short so they will just take the weekend off and by Monday the team will continue the preparation.

”So, they will be in Camp until maybe four days before the championship and we will move them to Lagos for the competition proper and feel of Arena before the championship.

”We are going to Lagos prepared and we are going to leave no stone unturned we will go to Lagos and play equally with the same tempo with every other team not underrating any team.

”.Our main goal is to make sure we get to the final, then talk about winning the league and go to the zonal competition and try to secure qualification for Africa Championship”.

Onikeku, who also serves as the Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, acknowledged the immense support of the Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, for the development of sports within the Customs organization.

He said, “The CG’s support has been tremendous, not only for basketball but for all sports that the Customs participate in. Playing for Customs means you will always be highly motivated. The more the players compete, the better they become”.

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