SUPERSTITIOUS TALE OF THE WICKED - Comr. Ezirim Elvis (President)

The myth of the great old evil spirit in MME has been a story told for decades now. It is said that the evil spirit is the cause for the department's first class starvation. According to the myth, it moves round the school monitoring the scripts of MME students, possessing the lecturers and hence causing the department's scripts to be marked down, not also forgetting the numerous missing scripts caused by the evil spirit.

No wonder the perplexed students of this department keep complaining, some claim to have been "over-prepared" for the course and others do claim to have "over-jacked" while a few others also claim to have reviewed the course "back to back" but yet wondrous result keep appearing on their score sheets.

EDITORIAL: VOICE OF THE HOD - AN ADVICE TO THE FRESHERS.

The editorial crew of the Voice of NAMMES was privileged to have a short oral interview with Engr. Prof. C. N. Anyakwo; Head, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, FUTO. During the course of the interview he pointed out so many pieces of advice to the newly admitted students of the department and to the older students at large. Below is an excerpt.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL LITERACY IN OUR INSTITUTIONS - CHIEDOZIE VALENTINE OLUIGBO (Graduate Engineer)

Leadership Development and Financial literacy are vital to the success of any individual. While leadership is the ability to direct others by influence; financial literacy is the ability to understand how money works in the world. You cannot learn to ride a bicycle by reading a book. The same way is true with leadership development and financial literacy. You must practice!!! It is quite unfortunate that the school curriculum does not include this key aspect of our human endeavours. Most people struggle with money because in school the only learn how to work for money. Rarely do they learn to have money work for them. Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Each year, millions of graduates join the queue of unemployed youths believing so much in their degree certificates.

PZ CUSSONS STORMS FUTO – Hon. Comr. Amb. Christopher Titus Udo (MSRC, 2013/2014 Assembly)

The atmosphere was quite serene and the weather was welcoming as FUTOITES trope out in their numbers to the number one state-of-arts lecture theatre with over 1,000 seating capacity. One of the greatest observation remains that the student’s shoes were still shiny as they had being before leaving their home that morning following the previous night downpour after more than three months of no rain. Before 9:45am, students from various departments of the prestigious university has arrived the venue for the PZ cussons recruitment exercise. The impatient student’s dashed out for their respective academic activities.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE – Engr. U. S. Ikele (B. Eng, M. Eng. (FUTO))

Examination Malpractice is any illegal act committed by a student single handedly or in collaboration with fellow students, parents, supervisors and invigilators before, during and after examination in order to obtain undeserved marks or grades. Factors that contribute to examination malpractice include:

• Students factor: Students who are lazy and do not prepare adequately for an examination will most likely engage in examination malpractice. This is because since they do not want to fail, cheating becomes the only option. They quest to make good grades on a platter of gold also makes students to end up cheating.