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UNILORIN Bans Signing Out Activities For Graduating Students

  • Sodiq Lawal

The authorities of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has banned all forms of signing out activities for final year students of the institution.

In a statement signed by both the President of Unilorin Student’s Union, Faji Tobiloba and the Public Relations Officer, Balogun Abdullahi Abiodun, said the directive was given by the University’s Directorate of Student Affairs Unit.

A typical sign-out event in a Nigerian tertiary institution

According to the statement, “This is to inform students of the Better-By-Far University that owing to the directive from the management of the Student Affairs Unit, sign-outs:

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“(i) involving making inscriptions on white vests;

“(ii) car awareness; and

(iii) pouring water on each other, embarked upon by Final Year Students are *banned* with immediate effect. Final year students are advised to adhere to this directive. Thank you.”

Signing out activities, such as writing inscriptions on white shirts of graduating students, symbolise the end of an academic journey. It is usually done after the final paper of graduating students at higher institutions.

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