{"id":5534,"date":"2024-05-08T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2024-05-08T10:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:27:14","slug":"non-functioning-streetlights-upsa-students-assured-of-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=5534","title":{"rendered":"Non-functioning streetlights: UPSA students assured of safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The University of Professional Studies (UPSA), is taking proactive steps to ensure the safety of its students in response to reports of robberies near its campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These incidents are often linked to the absence of functional street lights, plunging the surroundings into darkness at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both students and local residents have voiced concerns over the heightened security risks arising from the lack of adequate lighting in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isabella Shamo Lokko Bukari, a UPSA student, has expressed concerns about the situation, citing numerous instances of attacks and phone snatching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She underscored the pressing need for swift action to mitigate the security threats faced by students and residents living in proximity to the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-9ecfd621844679ddb75e9e99f6cb2d45 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2-SBLvMwBo?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople\u2019s phones getting snatched and people actually getting attacked on the road just because there\u2019s no street light and I think it\u2019s a very serious threat to both our lives and properties and I think something should be done about it\u201d she bemoaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the security challenges, the Dean of Graduate Studies at UPSA, Samuel Antwi, said they have asked the Police to enhance safety along the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said they are also collaborating with stakeholders to prevent the incessant robbery incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the safety of students we\u2019ve had discussions with the IGP, a former student of this university, so he really has this school at heart so, he himself was on the stretch one midnight. He stayed there between 11:pm and 1:am and currently, there are Police patrols on the stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Professional Studies (UPSA), is taking proactive steps to ensure the safety of its students in response to reports of robberies near its campus. These incidents are often linked to the absence of functional street lights, plunging the surroundings into darkness at night. Both students and local residents have voiced concerns over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,386],"tags":[1919,1918],"class_list":["post-5534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-security","tag-streetlights","tag-university-of-professional-studies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5534\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}