By Bunmi Olarewaju
The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Oye- Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole has charged the security personnel on the campus to be more intelligence driven in their duties, frowning at the spate of thefts on the campus.
Professor Ogunwole who challenged the security personnel to be more creative in the discharge of their duties emphasized that security duties these days were more intelligence and technology driven rather than relying on old methods.
The Vice Chancellor who expressed displeasure over what he described as poor performance of the security unit, gave the unit an ultimatum to improve or face sanctions.
According to him, “As professionals, you are expected to at least be able to project into the future activities of security on campus. You should be able to know what will happen by analysing patterns and trends”
Citing various examples to corroborate his position, Prof Ogunwole who promised to do everything to support the security unit, however, gave conditions for more investment on the unit, insisting that he was more interested in results rather than rhetorics.
While encouraging the security men and women to be more courageous in their duties, the VC declared that nobody on campus was above security checks and scrutiny, pointing out that both students and staff members must submit themselves to check.
His words “I have no friends. Only those who are working and performing are my friends. Those who want to be friends with the Vice – Chancellor, should allow results of their endeavours to speak for them”
In his own contributions, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Tajudeen Bolanle Opoola advised personnel to take home something tangible and not to return the same way they came, stressing that the strategic information and knowledge exchanged at the meeting must be utilised.
He enjoined them to work as a team and disallow saboteurs to break their rank.
Questions were later entertained by the Vice Chancellor who promised to work on the issues raised.
