” The consequences of employing SHS CADET boys instead of SECURITY men”
I don’t know where to start from but I just want to use this release to inform all University of Ghana students that “We are not safe”. By this release too, I want to humbly send information to the Vice Chancellor and the University management that, the school is gradually turning into a jungle, with too much abuse of the law. If students are conforming to the survival of the fittest principle these days, then management should watch out, what is bad for the goose will obviously be worst for the gander.
Students security has never been a priority on Legon campus I guess. If it has, then we are not feeling it at all and wait! are the men wearing green dresses security personnel or SHS cadet boys? Because from the past, we have experienced a lot of innocent students being hypnotized by unknown individuals and as at now, we have not grabbed any of such robbers. Night attacks on students on the Pentagon- Tf road has become so rampant. The number of students who got injured from these attacks, lost their laptops, money, phones and other valuable items to these robbers are uncountable. Day robberies during examination periods has been consistent and now it is kind of normal. Funny enough we claim having security services on campus and some men wearing green dresses calling themselves securities. Not only that, students are billed every academic year for security services. So why is it that University of Ghana gradually is becoming part of the unsafe places to live in Ghana
Let me engage the recent happenings on campus.
Last week 8th October 2016, we saw some students who identified themselves as VANDALS, coming from wherever to the Mensah Sarbah main hall to attack students. It will shock you that we witnessed about 2 hours of stone throwing and property destruction in the naked eyes of 8 men in green dresses who called themselves security men. This sad event was crowned with one of the VANDALS who set a car ablaze, all these under the watch of our green dressed men whose duty is to protect students and maintain order.
Last Saturday 15th October, some students at Akuafo Hall Annex B popularly know as Gonja capitalized on the insecurity on campus. The usual rituals the block does is that, they hoot at ladies who pass by their block, especially ladies who are indecently dressed. However, the story was different last Saturday as students went extreme to the extent of throwing water, waste products, and items on innocent individuals. This sad event also lasted for several hours and no security men were around to ensure order. The case became very scary when one guy who was affected by the actions of these Gonja guys happened to be a VANDAL and he went straight to inform his other colleagues and they came with stones to retaliate. They stoned Akuafo Annex B block and curfewed students for about an hour amidst destroying of University properties. All this without security men coming to the rescue. The worst was that, I personally picked a phone and called the main security gate to come and restore order but to my surprise, they were afraid to come. They said they don’t have weapons to handle the situation.
My questions are;
1. Why do these security men stand helpless when there is a need for their services?
2. Are the situations they encounter on campus above them?
3. What then is the way forward if these situations are above our security men?
On personal interactions and confrontations, these security men told me that, they don’t have weapons to rescue situations and they can’t risk their life. It is very shocking to me because how can the University employ the services of security personnel and refuse to provide them with the things needed to ensure law and order and expect them to function properly yet students pay every academic year for security. What are the University management using the fees for?
Again from personal observations, majority of these security men are too old for the job and I am wondering why they are still into that service. In a different view, do these security men need weapons to maintain order when students are in dispute? I believe they don’t need guns or extensive weapons to control students. If even the situations were above them, what prevents them from calling for reinforcement from the national security such as the police. It is so evident that these security men lack the needed skills and training to ensure that students and staff of the University are safe. I can state empathetically that, just 5 armed men can curfew all residents of Legon campus including the Vice chancellor if we still trust in the men in green dress and continue to put our security in their people hands.
So now University of Ghana campus is not safe. Students, staff and security men of the premier University, are insecure. We have the Legon Police station closer to us but situation is still getting worse gradually. To my dear students, we should be aware that, the monies we paid for security are in vain and we are now serving as our own security men and women. We can start visiting the gym or move with weapons because our security is at stake. I don’t want to predict doom but if there are no serious interventions from the government and the stakeholders of University of Ghana to this, next week will be a different story and with that more bloody than reported so far. It is time we start the campaign #OURSECURITYMATTERS.
Ebenezer Owusu Acheampong
( Mr. Powerful)
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