TOPS Orientation Programme (Day 2)

By Licit and Debbie’s Ink

    The Programme commenced at exactly 10:15am with National Anthem been recited by all the participants including the facilitators.
    After the recitation of the National Anthem, Bank officials from zenith bank were introduced as Mr. Badmus and Mr. Samad Adewale, Mr. Lawal Nurudeen Abiodun from Ibedc and Mr Yekeen Okanlawo from electricity company saki branch was also introduced. The Coordinator Introduced Mr. J.O. Adigun as the director of Academic Affairs, Arch A.B. Siyanbola as the director of VSEC, Mr. Ajao as the Dean S.A.O.

   The Academic Affairs Chief in person of Mr. J.O. Adigun who motivated the students on how to arrange their files for submission so as to obtain the Certificate of Registration.
The requirements goes thus:
– Course Form (this will be gotten after the payment of the school fees)
– School Fees Receipt
– Admission oath
– Admission slips
– Acceptance Fees
– O’ Level result (s)
– OND Results for HND students
– Jamb form & result
– Local Government Identification
– Certificate of Origin
– Date of Birth/Affidavits
– SUG Receipts with other receipts
– Medical Reports
– Four(4) passport photograph
– Matriculation Oath
– Bio-data form
– Affidavit of Registration
– Letter of Attestation
  For the HND students, they are to present their IT Letter to the ICT centre so as for them to generate their matric number with the sum of #1,500 and for the EED; in which their bio metric data after the payment of their school fees.
    A question was been asked by a student that JAMB gave him an admission into Civil Engineering and he wants to coverts to Architecture; the chief answered and said he should see him in the office so as for him to fill a form to his preferred choice of Course.

   A representative from Electricity company in place of Mr. Lawal Nurudeen Abiodun delivered his speech . He discussed the use of Electricity and Safety, he explained electricity as metal, atomic, elements. He said “without electricity there is no Life”. He gave tips on how to make adequate use of Electricity. The tips are as follows:
1. Do not overload the socket, it can lead to explosion.
2. Read the instructions on the manual of the gadgets used.
3. Recognise the main switch when there is a fire outbreak.
  Two students asked questions concerning the segment saying “when will there be an electricity in the land of Saki from night till day break?” Another question is ” why is the Electricity supply a day on and a day off?”
He answered the second question by saying the Electricity Allocation Mega-Watts Power is 20MG Watts which will be shared between the towns in Saki.
   

After the speech from the Electricity company, A representative from Zenith Bank Mr. Samad Adewale who represented the manager Mr. Ilepasi gave a short lecture on the existence of Zenith Bank which was established in the year 1990 (31 years ago) and was founded Saki in the year 2010 (11years ago). He made a short lecture on Aspired Account which is a product brought in by the Zenith Bank itself. The account will retain the maximum amount of #2.5 million Naira and the fee for the ATM card for this account is #500.

  Tips on how to avoid online frauding:
1. Shoulder suffering
2. Card Swap
3. Social Engineering
4. Giving of card(s) to third party
He advised the students that they should avoid downloading from unsecured websites, and should log out after logging in into any Cyber Cafe. He went further in his speech to say *966*911# is the code to aspire account, while the general USSD code for zenith bank is *966#. The requirement for opening Aspire account is one passport photograph and admission letter.

   Another speech was been delivered by Alhaji Saka Popular who represented Alhaji Supo Busari the Town Chairman, he gave his speech by praising the Lord in a Christian manner and a Muslim manner, then later gave some advice and told the students five things to do in the various hostels in Saki.
   First is adhering to the instructions given by the landlords or landladies of different Hostels. Second thing to do is to keep the environment clean. Third point is talking politely to the bike Man and to caution them while speeding. Fourth is safety with the cooking gas. Fifth is been careful on the main roads. He ended his speech by praying for the students both in a Muslim way and a Christian way.

     After his speech, A talented entertainer named Timophilus sang to the hearings of the students a song titled “Amin”.
      The CIDM Office Unit delivered another speech, Mr. Bamimore Samson gave the full meaning of CIDM as Center for Information and Data Management. He continued his speech by saying that the only thing that can guarantee a studentship of any individual is to have a Matric Number. The acceptance fee will migrate the students into the student’s Portal, school fees payment will guarantee the obtainment of Matric Number, the matric number guarantee the students I.D card. To check into the Portal the form number will be acquired, while the different between the full timers and the part timers is the P & N. He said the school I.D card cannot be hacked because of its bar code,which has been synchronized with the NIN. He said if any students has a problem with their Portal should visit the ICT for clarification.

      Mr Kareem Ismail from NSCDC talked about Students, Security, Environment and Safety, he explains security as the act of been secured from danger, Environment as internal and external, Safety as the state of been safe. He also have tips on how to stay safe. firstly, he urge students to stay alert by staying away from restricted areas. Secondly, closing of doors while indoor and lastly, he advised the school management to put in place CCTV cameras in the school premises so as to watch the activities & movements of the students.

      Arch A.B. Sinabola also delivered his speech by lecturing the students on VSESC- Vocational Skills and Entrepreneurship Centre, VSEC was introduced into the institution by the Federal Government. Appointment, Counseling, Registration, Attendance, Location, Certificate and The Exhibition are the steps in VSESC. He said the course code for the first semester is EED 116, second semester is EED 216; The Course Title for the ND I is Introduction to Entrepreneurship,ND 2 is the Practice Of Entrepreneurship. For the HND I it is Course Development 1, while HND 2 is Course Development 2. The fee will be paid online, the lecture is always scheduled on Thursday 2pm to 4pm. The various professions and their works were been displayed for the students to see by the lecturers in charge.

    Mr. Ajao gave the vote of thanks to the students and the facilitators for the time spent, he then pleaded that the D.J should play a song by Celine Dion titled “I Believe I can Fly” in which he played, this led to the end of the programme by exactly 1:30pm.