Expel any student involved in kidnapping, tighten campus security – Alausa to VCs

The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, has directed Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts of Nigerian Higher Institutions crossed Nigeria to disregard immoderate pupil recovered blameworthy of kidnapping oregon related transgression activities aft owed investigation.

The directive was contained successful a connection issued by the Minister’s Special Adviser connected Media and Communications, Ikharo Attah, pursuing a gathering betwixt Alausa and the Governing Council and Management of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State.

According to the statement, the Minister besides instructed heads of tertiary institutions to fortify interior quality gathering and enactment intimately with the Department of State Services, DSS, and different information agencies to amended field information and support students.

Speaking during the meeting, Alausa said portion Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of acquisition remained mostly safe, caller information incidents involving students extracurricular campuses showed the request for stronger surveillance and intelligence.

“If you tolerate atrocious behaviour for excessively long, it becomes a culture. Any pupil recovered culpable, aft owed investigation, of readying oregon participating successful the kidnapping of chap students has nary spot successful our tertiary institutions. Such individuals indispensable beryllium dismissed. Our campuses indispensable ne'er go harmless havens ...