A Nigerian student enrolled in one of the numerous tertiary
institutions in Ghana has cut and swallowed his penis. The incident
occurred last Friday. Although no one is sure what prompted the
25-year-old student (name withheld) to chop-off and practically ingest
his manhood, reports gathered say he is currently on admission at one
of Ghana's teaching hospitals.
In Ghana, the average tuition fee per academic session for a
non-Ghanaian studenthovers around $6,000 (over N900,000). If his
parents could pay his fees for studying in Ghana, it was doubtful
hunger was not the boy's reason.
So, was he jilted by a lover? Was it some senseless act of bravado or
as a result of failure or poor grades? The student, who hails from
Zaria, Kaduna State told Mr. AndrewIdi and other officials of the
Nigerian High Commission Accra who visited him in hospital that he
believed he was under a spell, when he carried out the bizarre act.
Mr. Idi is Consular Officer at Nigeria's mission in the Ghanaian
capital. Reliable sources indicated more than 20,000 Nigerians are
students in various tertiary institutions across the formerGold Coast.
And, the number is rising by the semester, as countless Nigerian
parents are confident a child studying in a Ghanaian university is
sureto complete her/his programme on schedule, whereas, back home some
students had spent seven years on a four-year programme,without
graduating because of suspension ofacademic activities, consequent
upon incidences of labour strikes, closure of schools over terrorists'
attacks and other incidents.
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