Institutional Critical Factors in University Personnel Security

Appropriate security procedures are absolutely essential to the orderly operations of any organization, schools inclusive, without which the institution is unsafe. This study examined the institutional critical factors such as location, climate, facilities and culture as they relate to security of personnel (staff and students) in the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Being a case study, it adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population comprised 2,875 staff and 25,095 students selected from 11 faculties and the College of Medicine of the University, while the sample for the study was a total of 300 staff and 2,500 students of the University. Thus, a total of 2,800 participants were selected using stratified random sampling technique. A self-constructed modified Likert scale type questionnaire was used for data collection. The study revealed that there exists a strong relationship between the identified institutional factors and security of personnel in the University. The study recommends that university curriculum should be reviewed to include compulsory courses in security and crime prevention, provision of adequate modern security facilities and, capacity building for security personnel, and increase in budgetary allocation for security in order to guarantee safety and security of personnel as well as enhanced quality of university output.