Governor Ododo Boosts Security In Kogi Higher Schools

Following past year’s penetration of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara successful Kogi State, wherever 9 students were abducted, the authorities authorities has taken measures to forestall aboriginal occurrence.

The instauration mislaid 2 students to that unfortunate incident. Since then, the authorities said it has taken proactive measures to safeguard the lives of students and unit of higher institutions crossed the state.
The authorities has 7 functional tertiary schools.

The vice chancellor of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Prof. Abdulrahman Asipita Salawu, told LEADERSHIP that the installation of a high-tech surveillance strategy crossed the campus, would heighten the information of students, staff, and visitors to the institution.

Prof. Salawu expressed restitution with the upgraded information cameras, stating that the full assemblage tin present beryllium efficaciously monitored to guarantee a unafraid learning environment.

The vice chancellor praised Kogi State governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo, for engaging apical experts to instal the surveillance system, reaffirming the government’s committedness to information successful acquisition institutions.

With these precocious information measures successful place, Prof. Salawu declared CUSTECH Osara arsenic 1 of the safest universities successful Nigeria, assuring parents, students, and unit of a unafraid and conducive situation for learning and research.

Similarly, to heighten information of lives and properties crossed tertiary institutions successful Kogi State, authorities besides donated precocious information gadgets to Kogi State Polytechnic, covering some the Lokoja and Itakpe Campus.

The donation includes installation of modern CCTV surveillance cameras, lithium-powered torchlights and accelerated effect scooters, each aimed astatine strengthening field information infrastructure.

According to the rector of the Polytechnic, Prof. Salisu Usman Ogbo, this inaugural reflects the governor’s committedness to the information of students, unit and acquisition facilities crossed Kogi State.

He said the items were formally handed implicit to the Polytechnic absorption connected Thursday 3rd July , 2025 by Engineer Sani Isah of SufPay Limited, who handled the project.

Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman commended the politician for his tremendous information support, describing the involution arsenic timely, strategical and impactful.

Prof Usman further stated that, “We are profoundly grateful to His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, the people’s servant and the Executive Governor of Kogi State for yet different remarkable, generous and thoughtful gesture. These tools successful summation to the caller fencing of the Itakpe Campus volition importantly boost our interior information model and assistance support bid and bid wrong our campuses”.

The rector specifically highlighted the governor’s disposable committedness to the institution’s information architecture, referencing caller infrastructural achievements specified arsenic the historical fencing of the Itakpe Campus.

Professor Usman stressed further that the CCTV installation and different information devices would assistance forestall interior disturbances and ward disconnected intruders who whitethorn airs threats to bid and bid connected campus.

He pledged that the polytechnic would guarantee the judicious usage of the donated items, stressing their captious relation successful sustaining a peaceful and conducive world environment.

Engineer Sani Isah of SufPay Limited, told our analogous that the items were cautiously chosen to conscionable the circumstantial information needs of the assorted institutions.

According to Engr Isah, “The CCTV cameras volition guarantee real-time monitoring of captious areas, the lithium-powered torchlights volition enactment nighttime patrols, and the accelerated effect scooters volition warrant swift mobility successful exigency situations”.

He besides emphasised that designated information unit from the institutions, would acquisition method grooming to guarantee the businesslike and effectual usage of the equipment, noting that continuous enactment would besides beryllium provided.

It was gathered that this information inaugural is being replicated successful each the higher institutions crossed the authorities to heighten information of lives of students and unit connected campuses.