ESUT to Build Security Command and Control Centre, Install 300 CCTV Cameras on Campus

The Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, is set to build a Security Command and Control Centre on campus as part of measures to enhance security ahead of the 2026/2027 academic session.

The Vice-Chancellor of ESUT, Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, disclosed this in Enugu during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected leadership of the Student Union Government, SUG, of the university on Tuesday.

Prof. Okolie said the Command and Control Centre became expedient to checkmate growing issues of theft in the university. 

The VC added that the Centre will come with 300 Closed-Circuit Television, CCTV, cameras to ensure effective surveillance of the university environment. He noted that approval for the funds has been given by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund.

"We are going to prioritize what we must do to make this place not only good, but a livable place. TETFund has approved to give us some funds we will deploy to build a security control and command center in ESUT with a component of 300 solar street lights with CCTV," he said.

"We are hopeful that before you come back from your holiday, you'll be seeing a command and control center, 300 solar street lights with cameras to enhance security within and around the campus," he added.