He observed that the unique problem UNIZIK has is that most of the students reside outside the campus, thereby making it difficult to fully monitor their hostels.
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Concerned students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University have voiced their apprehension regarding the rising incidents of student kidnappings within and outside their residential neighborhoods in Awka. They are calling on both the government and university authorities to take decisive action in addressing this alarming trend.
The students had the opportunity to express the way they feel about the worrisome situation while contributing during media and students summit organized by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Enugu Field Office and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Radio, Awka to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok girls in the North East.
“We are living in fear and always sleeping with one eye open because of the frequent incidents of abduction.
“The insecurity around the campus is even making many of us to be losing concentration in our studies and our parents are always entertaining fears that we are living in fear,” they said.