Unilag students develop app that will signal during crisis

UNILAG VC, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe speaking during the launch of `Lagmobile’


A group of students of the University of Lagos has developed an app known as `Lagmobile’ and a campus life website, in a bid to improve communication and security within the university community.

The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe said at the launch of the app on Friday in Lagos that a student of French Language was in the group.

“We threw up this challenge open to all of students cutting across all the departments and faculties when we thought about improving communication as well the level of security on our campus.

“I am very proud to let you know that what we are launching here today was developed by students of this institution.

“This app was designed in such a way that if, for instance, there is a case of rape, kidnap, cultism, all the person affected needs to do is to click a button on his or her telephone.

“Once this is done, probably accompanied with a short message, wherever such the person is, signal will be sent to the right quarters for urgent intervention.

“Again, the beauty about this app is that if any student is having any academic problem, such a student can reach the appropriate quarters through this same app, and information concerning it will be conveyed equally,’’ he said.

Ogundipe said that the students of the institution were also set to develop another app that would serve as a map within the university.

He said that the app would be launched in two week’s time.

“The essence is to direct or inform visitors and students how to reach whoever they want to see at various locations within the university without necessarily asking questions around.”

He said that the android for the app had already been done and the IOS almost completed.

“We are migrating to a situation whereby we will have things all over the campus to make life easy for our students as well as visitors to the university.

“This development is going to push up the visibility of the university because students are directly involved.

“These students are bloggers, and the university is encouraging them in this regard as well as supporting them as much as possible.

“We want to develop students who will not say they are thinking outside the box. We want students who will say there is no box in the first place, that is, there is no limitation – those who will just soar like the eagle in achieving their dreams.”

Ogundipe said that the university would continue to strive in exposing its students to artificial intelligence, data processing, large data processing and others, in order to make them globally competitive.