The Plateau State government has promised to protect the state-owned University in Bokkos by providing adequate security to protect the lives and property of students in the institution and environs. 

The State's Deputy Governor, Her Excellency Ngo Josephine Piyo, received the leadership of the Student Union Government of the institution on behalf of the state government.

She commiserated with the students over the loss of their colleague and others who sustained injury during the April 19 attacks in a neighbouring community to the university. 

Piyo stated that government was deeply saddened by the incident which led to the loss of lives but assured that the state government, would continue to prioritise the safety of students in the institution, especially in the face of recurrent security challenges in the area.

She added that government has put in place measures to forestall future threats in the school, adding that it has directed security agencies to ensure additional deployment to the institution. 

Going forward, the Deputy Governor said that arrangements were on top gear to build more hostels in the university to accommodate more students within the campus.

She called on the students to collaborate with government and remain calm and peaceful, as it continues to fight against the growing insecurity in some parts of the state. 

Earlier, the President of the Student Union Government, Comrade Gomos Timothy, called on government to deploy more security personnel in and around the university to protect and safeguard students of the institution. 

Timothy stated that the insecurity in the area is truncating the growth of the university and has caused setbacks for students in the school, adding that more hostel accommodations should be provided within the school as students living off the campus were the most affected during attacks. 

He also called on government to ban open grazing within and around the university premises to prevent easy access to criminals.

He, however, thanked the state government for its proactive response and assured that students in the institution would remain calm and not take laws into their hands.