#NIJSWLIGHTUP18: NIJ students walk against sexual harrasement, prepare for students' week

Students of Nigerian Institute of Journalism, on Thursday created awareness for the upcoming 2018 students’ week of the institute.
Many of the students conducted community service in Ogba community in Lagos, and also advocated against domestic violence, child abuse, rape and other sexual harassment.
The awareness walk and community service was part of the activities marked for the pre-students’ week by the organizers of the institute’s most anticipated event of the year.

The usual thing has always been to attend the main event which is the students’ week, however, the organizers of this year’s event, decided to bring up activities and tagged it “pre-students week” to create awareness for the one week programme which is set for May 7 to 12, 2018.

The pre-students’ week started with a visit to an “orphanage home” on Wednesday, Then earlier yesterday, the students went to control traffic with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials.
Organizers of the event have slated today to conclude the pre-students’ week with “bon-fire camp”, set the walk for the start of the students’ week on Monday, May 7.

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