500 FUTO Students Rusticated

About 500 students of the Federal University of
Technology Owerri have been rusticated by the
school management due to their involvement in
offences against the rules and regulations of the
school.
This was disclosed by the Anti-Corruption and
Transparency Monitoring Unit FUTO ACTU
Chairman, Professor N. Okeudo.
According to him, the school has shown zero
tolerance for corrupt practices by rusticating the
students, banning of sale of handouts and
punishing lecturers indicted for intimate
harassment of students.
In his words, “ACTU had been involved in provision
of a Complaint Box for the school community and
publication of anti-corruption articles to sensitise
school community against corruption.
We have shown zero tolerance for corruption by
working closely with the school management to
achieve it. Our actions had led to the rustication of
over 500 students for various offences.
We are working against illegal sales of text books
and handouts. We are investigating cases of
plagiarism and bribery amongst staff which has led
to a female staff absconding.”