The Cosmopolitan University, Abuja has called for a policy to make routine drug tests on students at the point of entry and after their admission into tertiary Institutions mandatory to discourage drug abuse and other social vices on Nigerian campuses.
Registrar of the university, Dr. Mani Ibrahim, who made the call during the University’s Open House programme held at the take-off campus of the university in Abuja, said the routine test would help ascertain the mental health of students.
Cosmopolitan University is one of the 36 newly licensed private universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC), with Ibrahim disclosing that the institution would commence academic activities in September with 16 programmes and three faculties.
While noting that the university would be dedicated to providing a student-centred learning experience that is of international standard and innovative, the Registrar said the university authorities were aware of the moral decadence in the society and would put all measures in place to ensure that students graduated from the university in character and learning.
He added that the university would pay close attention to students’ safety and deploy proper surveillance systems around the institution to monitor their conducts and activities.
The Registrar said: ‘’We are in the process of developing our drug policy which will allow every student coming into the university to go through drug screening.
‘’We are going to work with parents and the community to carry out this, so that we can ensure a drug free society.”
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Carl Adams, said that the vision of the university is to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in all aspects of learning in the institution, leveraging on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
He added that the university aims to produce top quality graduates that would not just be globally competitive but of high entrepreneurial skills to function effectively in the society.
Some of the programmes approved by the National Universities Commission to run by the university includes: Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, International Relations and Criminology and Security Studies.
Others are Health Information Systems, Nursing Science, Public Health, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems and Software Engineering among others.
