How the Nigerian Institute of Journalism failed a student journalist for reporting Korede Bello’s absence in School

 

'Following reports of Korede Bello’s absence in school and his likelihood of missing out on school’s examination which some members of  Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) management considered has unfavorable, a poor student-Journalist cum Blogger named Damilare Famuyiwa who leaked out the story to the media had his last semester examinations marked down.

According to Yoruba Movie Gist, the Mavin Record Star, Korede Bello cleared all his examination results with good grades while the student-journalist, Famuyiwa Damilare had two carry-overs and low grades the eight other courses offered last semester which ended February this year.

Damilare

The examination results posted on 11th of March 2016 has generated mixed reactions as students queried why Korede Bello- a perpetual absentee had such good grades at the detriment of the school’s credibility and other frequent-attending students.

Course mates also noted that Damilare that is a brilliant student with no record of carry over or low grades since he gained admission into NIJ.

Korede Bello whose matric number is HNMC/15/091 reportedly cleared all his results with the help of some corrupt members of the school’s management who manipulated the system to allow him writes his papers after being absent in school for over half of the semester.

The student journalist whose matric no is HNMC/15/031 had earlier been promised to face worst scenario of academic hiccups all through his stay in the institute.

Also some members of the School management had in the wake of early threatened to punish Damilare for exposing the preferential treatment given to Korede Bello as a celebrity to the media.

It should be noted that NIJ has a standing rule of students meeting up to 70% attendance before they can write any examination in the school, yet Korede Bello has only attend lectures once since the school resumed another semester on 29th of February.