ABSTRACT
The research
basically examined the role of public relations as a veritable tool for
eradicating cultism in tertiary institution in Nigeria using Osun State Polytechnic,
Iree as a case study. It has been established in the course of this study that
the problem of cultism, among others, is a symptom of society, which is
embroiled in moral decadence and where institutionalized and personal violence
has become a way of life especially in our nation’s citadel of learning.
Cultism activities have turn most of the school into citadel of violence as
many lives and property have lost and damaged. Realizing the havoc which
cultism has wrecked on both members and non-members of the academic community,
all hands must be on deck to combat the menace. Besides, if the tertiary
institutions’ administration would come back to its glorious past as well as
prepare the nation for the better days, there is the need to rediscover and
teach the people concerned the goals of university education through public
relations enlightenment and education. However, the researcher employed survey
method alongside 100 copies of questionnaires in which ninety were retrieved.