Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has assured citizens that the Nigeria Police will give more attention to the security of lives and property within universities in the country.
Egbetokun made the statement at the University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan, during his investiture as a UI@75 Ambassador Extraordinaire.
The IGP, who described the investiture as an honour, said he has a lot of respect for the University of Ibadan, being the first university in the country, assuring that he will continue in the deeds for which the university considered him worthy.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, explained that Egbetokun was considered worthy to be decorated for his spirit of diligence, dedication to duty and leadership qualities.
He acknowledged the Police Chief as a consumate academic who has been able to combine practice with the academics to obtain four post graduate degrees, which have helped him to match practice with theory for
an improved police force.
Professor Adebowale said those that UI had chosen to decorate as its UI@75 Ambassadors/Ambassadors Extraordinaire are men and women of proven integrity who had contributed to the upliftment and development of the University of Ibadan and the society at large.
The Chairman of the UI@75 Anniversary Committee and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) Administration, Professor Peter Olapegba, also expounded the expectations of the university from its Ambassadors/Ambassadors Extraordinaire.
He said the UI Management, under the leadership of Professor Adebowale, seeks to increase the university’s Endowment Fund, upgrade the university to a smart university, provide sustainable alternative clean energy on campus, provide scholarships for brilliant and indigent students, as well as make provisions for staff development and mobility.
According to the DVC, the university requires billions of naira for the projects and the expectations are that the Ambassadors/Ambassadors Extraordinaire would levera
ge their business and social contacts to raise funds for the university to enable it to become less dependent on the government.
The investiture was performed by the Registrar, Mr Ganiyu Saliu and witnessed by the Force Management Team and other top ranking police officers.
Source: Voice of Nigeria