The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of University of Abuja Governing Council, Mohammed Ahmed Modibbo, says the institution has strengthened its 24-hour security patrol to ensure the safety of staff and students.
Modibbo disclosed this at a retreat organised by the Governing Council for principal officers, Deans, Directors, and University-based unions in Abuja.
He said the institution has also engaged the services of hunters and vigilantes to boost its security following a recent incident of abduction of some staff and family members by bandits.
He added that the governing council is also working out a plan to ensure decent accommodation for staff through the involvement of investors and other relevant bodies.
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On his part, Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, expressed concerns over the negative practices that held sway in the University before his assumption of office and the seeming resistance being put up by some staff in their quest to address the anomalies.
According to Na’Allah, some of the hitherto challenges include the absence of proper students record, sexual harassment, handling of senior academic staff courses by part-time lecturers, religious and ethnic agenda, among others.
Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie
