The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Plateau State Council, has expressed serious concerns over the frequent attacks on students and staff members of the University of Jos amid the challenging security situation bedeviling the state.
The union in a statement by the Chairman, Paul Jatau, and Secretary, Peter Amine, noted with dismay that the University community had become a target for miscreants that did not value human lives and peace, killing many innocent and harmless students.
The union called on security agencies to devise more strategies to protect the University community and indeed other residents of Jos.
The union urged the state government to make concerted efforts to stem the rising cases of violent conflict.
It said, among others, that: The Race Course also known as Fillin Sukuwa on Bauchi Ring Road be converted to a Mobile Police Barracks to protect staff members and students on the two campuses of the University; government should, as a matter of urgency, regulate the activities of tricycle operators in Jos and reduce the number of tricycles to 500 with specific registration numbers and designated routes of operation; modalities should be made to compel those who encroached on the University of Jos land be compelled to vacate and Operation Rainbow should build and equip a Security Outpost close to the university like the one being operated at Dutse Uku, in Jos North Local Government.
NUJ also called on students and staff members of the University to be security conscious and provide useful security information to security agencies in the state for prompt action.
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