TOWARDS ERADICATING CULTISM FROM TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA
Ikupa, Joseph Obaro, Enomah Sylvester (PhD)
Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2024
Cultism whose membership universally cuts across every age (adolescent and adult) and status (religious political, social and educational) is gradually becoming a philosophy of life in the Nigerian educational system. The philosophies of cultism include power, dominance, exclusive philanthropy, hostility, terrorism, criminality, intimidation and extreme materialism. It needs continual re-visitation since its continuous existence frustrates the possibility of achieving balanced education in the Nigerian educational system. This is why this paper examines the origin of secret cults in Nigerian tertiary institutions, reasons why students join cult groups and proffer some useful suggestions towards eradicating secret cults from our institutions of higher learning. Among others, we suggest that government should start the war against cultism from the wider society so that parents will be better prepared to educate their children against cultism. The paper adopts philosophical approaches of conceptual analysis, speculation, history, discourse, and prescription.