As security concerns grow in the South East region, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University says it is considering setting up a special faculty devoted to the studies of security to be known as the Faculty of Security.
This was made known by the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha during her visit to security expert and chairman of Sheikh and Bishops, Sir Chikwe Udensi in Abuja.
The University Don, Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha was thrilled and impressed with the wealth of knowledge, experience, and array of modern facilities at Sir Udensi’s disposal in dealing with security issues in the country.
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She called on Sir Chikwe Udensi to collaborate with the University to establish a “Faculty of Security Studies” at the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University campus
She observed that a security-conscious society can only be achieved by institutionalizing the subject through security knowledge exploration, dissemination, and preservation in the university.
Professor Kate Azuka Omenugha was accompanied in the visit by other Scholars including Professor Cashmir Anih and Mark Okeji who also appealed to Sir Udensi to consider the proposal as one of his usual philanthropic contributions to humanity that will provide solutions to tackling the perennial security challenges in the South East and the nation in general.
They stressed that in recent times, the South East and Anambra State had remained a flash point of insecurity that had led to loss of lives and properties worth billions of naira and thus crippling the economic activities and business growth in the region.
Sir Chikwe Udensi on his part thanked his guests for the honour accorded him and further reiterated that intellectualizing the Security Situations in the South East as a means of providing a solution.
He said this move could not have come at no better time than now
He asserted that It is a welcome development that requires the efforts and sacrifice of the citizens and government to achieve.
Sir Udensi pledged to collaborate with the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Authority in actualizing the proposal presented to him.
