The Vice Chancellor of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara in Kogi State, Prof. Abdulrahman Asipita Salawu, says the institution makes use of local hunters to help ensure security around its site.
The Vice-Chancellor made this known to members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
The Guild members were in the state for a Standing Committee Meeting.
Salawu said that the measure had been successful in helping to ward off insecurity at their 400-hectare new site facility, which was in an area once notorious for crimes.
The VC said that the local hunters know the nooks and crannies of the area and so can safeguard the area.
He said they were professional in handling their assignment as they were trained and complemented by a private security firm to keep the facility safe.
“No incident at all has been recorded to the glory of God,” he said.
Salawu said the university took off from a site inherited from the polytechnic in the state.
He said the new site, when completed, would house five faculties that had infrastructure that were nearing completion.
He said that the university was also working toward starting the Faculty of Medicine by the 2025/2026 academic session.
As a prelude, he said that it was also working to begin four programmes: nursing, anatomy, physiology and medical laboratory science, by the 2023/2024 academic session, once necessary regulatory approvals are finalised.
He said that the university had a student population of about 3000, but had only a 180-bed space hostel facility for now.
Salawu said it was on the verge of flagging off the construction of a 400-bed space facility to cater for more students.
He said that the school was also working with the private sector to attract more facilities
Members of the NGE team also visited some other facilities executed under the administration of the former Governor Yahaya Bello.
