February 17, 2025

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DDSA Prioritizes Students’ Welfare Through Open Door Policy

By Ameerah Junaid, Barakat Lawal, Blessing Famose and Goodness Sunday.

The Deputy Dean, of Student Affairs, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Emmanuel Adesanmi Mogbademu, has said in an interview with UNILAG Sun that his office is open to students who may need the services of the student affairs division, especially in terms of accommodation and welfare.

 “Anytime, any day, you can walk into my office and you will meet me here. My office has to do with the accommodation of students in the halls of residence. I’m also keen on discipline in the hostel and so many things, being the Deputy Dean entails even the management of the hostels, both the staff that are there and the commercial operators,” he said. 

He stated that in addressing the rising demand for student accommodation, they are working to partner with hostels off-campus to make it secure and affordable for students.

“We are trying to partner with hostels that are not within the school, and anywhere we have our students outside to make it affordable and safe for students. We also try to advise them to choose any of those good hostels because not all of them are good. In the sense of security of the hostels, you don’t want to put your students in a hostel that is not well secured. 

“Recently, I’ve tried to put up a meeting to get the number of those hostels, I mean the good ones that are within the university environment, we want to let them know that the students belong to us, you can’t just treat them anyhow,” he added.