Management of University Security Issues through Modern Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Nigeria

Stella Ofor-Douglas

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This paper examines the management of university security issues through modern artificial intelligence technologies in Nigeria. The society has been transformed to a digital era consisting of emerging technologies which can perform the work of humans. Nigerian universities are plagued by security issues such as cultism, theft, armed robbery, amongst others. The existing strategies for securing the university environment have proven to be ineffective. Thus, it is necessary for university administrators to divert to the area of artificial intelligence to solve security issues within their universities. The paper discussed the concepts of management, university education, security, artificial intelligence technologies and management strategies that could be adopted to diminish security issues in Nigerian universities using artificial intelligence technologies. The benefits of artificial intelligence security in Nigerian universities were also discussed. The paper also highlighted challenges that serve as hindrances to Nigerian university administrators in the management of security issues within their universities using artificial intelligence to include high cost of procurement and maintenance of AI technology, epileptic power supply, lack of technical expertise, amongst others. The paper concluded that the existing strategies for combatting insecurity within Nigerian universities can no longer cater to the security needs of the university community and thus the university administrators in Nigerian universities need to keep up with innovative trends in university security to enable progress and development within their universities.  Suggestions to the challenges stated were proffered in the paper in which university administrators can apply to properly manage security issues using artificial intelligence technology.


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