The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, to intensify efforts in providing enough buses to convey students from the take-off campus to the new site.

This is contained in a statement by the FRSC sector commander, Aliyu Ma’aji, issued by the command spokesman, Shamsudeen Babajo, on Sunday in Katsina.

Mr Ma’aji said the FRSC condemned the use of trucks and trailers to allegedly convey students of the institution from the take-off to the new campuses.

“We are equally calling on the school’s authority to hasten the repairs of the school buses,” he said.

Mr Ma’aji also recalled that some students were sighted on top of a truck going to the main campus on a social media platform that went viral.

He said the command has mobilised a stand-by team, in conjunction with the FRSC Koza Unit, to be on patrol to ensure compliance, cautioning that such obnoxious practice could lead to the loss of lives.

Responding to the issue, the university’s spokesperson, Nasir Abdul, said the institution has provided enough buses to transport students to the new campus.

“The management has provided enough buses and adequate fuel for the conveyance of the students.

“The vice-chancellor has concern for the students’ welfare. I can’t say we don’t have such cases here and there. The bulk of the students are conveyed in school buses with security escorts due to the security situation,” said Mr Abdul.

According to him, the students seen in the truck were those who refused to wait for school buses.

“We frown at the attitude of such students because we have provided enough buses for them,” he said.

(NAN)