Insecurity: Northern Students Demand Deployment Of Troops To Nigerian Campuses

The student wing of the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG- SW) has called for the deployment of security to campuses.
Addressing a news conference on Tuesday in Kaduna, Hassan Adamu

National Cooratnator of the CNG- SW expressed concern over growing  insecurity in campuses in the North.
He  lamented that banditry attacks and  kidnapping of students are becoming new normal.
Adamu said insecurity has led to the withdrawal of female students from school.

The group called on President Bola Tinubu to  reform  the security architecture of the country to tackle   criminal elements as students “will no longer tolerate flimsy excuses and  blame game.”
“We call on the president to revisit the approach and reform the security architecture of the nation; we will no longer tolerate flimsy excuses and the blame game.

“We also request for the deployment of troops to all campuses to ease the anxiety among students,” the group said.
The CNG-SW commended security agencies for the recent release of  abducted medical students of medical students the universities of Jos and Maiduguri and urged relevant agencies to provide  the students with adequate psychological and medical healthcare.

The CNG-SW also noted recent threats by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to embark on yet another  strike and urged  President Tinubu to “do everything possible to avert any form of industrial action in our tertiary institutions.”

“He must ensure that we don’t go back to those days of spending seven years studying a four year course in the university.”
The group also decried hash economic situation in the country which is causing hardship to Nigerians.

It noted that, “Hyperinflation, which is a result of the exchange rate policy, has multiplied the price of learning materials by 300 per cent, as many students cannot afford essential textbooks.

“It is so bad that most students can’t afford a square meal a day.
“The increase hike in electricity tariff has compounded the problem on most of our campus.
“Almost all our campuses are without electricity supply  as a result of the inability of the management to settle electricity bills.
“The increasing cost of petrol is quite alarming, which has led to a hike in transportation. The federal government has failed to fulfil its promises of donating CNG buses to schools.

“This is all coming at the even when northern tertiary institutions are breaking grounds in inventions and innovations.”
The CNG-SW further lamented  the flood disaster in some northern states which has led to the loss of  lives destruction of property, including farmlands and called for intervention from the federal government.

The group called on the federal government to hasten the implementation of the  CNG conversion to ease cost of transportation.

John Shiklam in Kaduna

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