The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, has expressed satisfaction over security measures adopted by the school management for resumption.
The union said the strategies would provide conducive atmosphere for learning and research activities.
The ASUP branch Chairman, Malam Aliyu Kofa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Saturday.
He was reacting to the statement issued by Malam Mahmud Kwarbai, the Information and Protocol Officer of the institution, announcing that academic activities would resume on Monday.
NAN recalls that academic activities were suspended on June 11, following an attack by gunmen on the institution.
The attack led to the death of one student, and the abduction of two lecturers and eight students.
The chairman noted that the school management had provided an undisclosed number of armed military personnel, mobile policemen and operational vehicles to strengthen surveillance at the institution and its neighbouring communities.
He added that the construction of a perimeter fence had already reached an advanced stage, stressing that the fence is aimed at preventing bandits and other criminals from gaining unchecked access to the campus.
According to him, there is a plan to provide a ditch at the back of the school fence and other security techniques to further strengthen the security of the institution.
The chairman said management reiterated its earlier position that no student should live at the boys quarters of any staff at the school, adding that students should stay at the Gaskiya campus of the school.
He said the school management had also directed that no staff or student should stay in the campus beyond 4 p.m, with the exception of some staff still residing within the premises.
“With this and other undisclosed security measures, ASUP is satisfied with the security arrangements made for students and its members to resume academic activities at the school,’’ he said.
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