UDS students warned against tramadol use and occultism

By Sambiru
Duut Elijah, GNA

Wa, Oct. 7, GNA – Authorities of University
for Development Studies (UDS) in the Wa Campus have warned students against
practicing occultism on campus and taking tramadol or face the full rigors of
the law.

Vice Chancellor of UDS Professor Gabriel Ayum
Teye gave the warning during the 26th matriculation of Wa Campus of the
University for the 2018/2019 academic year.

The University admitted 1,224 students for its
undergraduate programmes and 128 students for postgraduate courses at the local
campus.

It also matriculated 1,155 for its Distance
Education Programme from all its centres in Northern, Upper East and Upper west
regions.

In a speech read on his behalf by the
Principal, Professor Amin Alhanssan, the VC, warned freshmen and women to avoid
any form of occultic practice during their stay in on campus or be prepared to
bear the consequences of such unlawful practices.

He also advised students to be mindful of the
kind of friends they move along with so as to avert occultism and drug
addiction since the two illicit acts could badly damage their future careers,
saying: “Show me your friend and I will show you your character”.

He said students should stop taking tramadol
and other dangerous drugs because it would endanger their health and ruin their
academic work.

The Vice-Chancellor recommended the university
security for enforcing law and order particularly insistence on the use of
crash helmets by motorists on the campus.

“Enforcement of that law has proven to be the
remedy to needless deaths,” he said.

The VC said the University would soon take
appropriate steps to verify WASSCE results of all fresh students with the West
Africa Examination Council.

GNA