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  • NUC grants ESUT full accreditation for Law, 7 other programmes

    NUC grants ESUT full accreditation for Law, 7 other programmes

    The National Universities Commission, (NUC), has given full accreditation to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), for its Law programme.

    The Public Relations Officer of ESUT, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Enugu on Wednesday.

    Ani said the accreditation was contained in a letter addressed to the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aloysius Okolie, by the NUC.

    He said that in the letter, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu said the report was contained in the result of the October/November 2024 Accreditation of Academic Programmes in Nigerian universities.

    Ani disclosed that other programmes in the institution accredited by the NUC include Master of Science in Business Management; Education Computer Science; Education Physics and Agricultural Engineering.

    Other accredited courses, he said, were Quantity Surveying; Urban and Regional Planning; and Applied Microbiology.

    He said that the letter quoted Section 10 (1) of the Education National Minimum Standard and Establishment of Institutions, Act CAP E3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as empowering the NUC to lay down minimum academic standards for all academic programmes taught in Nigerian universities.

    He said the session also empowered the NUC to accredit such programmes.

    Reacting to the development, the vice chancellor said the result of the accreditations was a testament to the institution’s resilience and commitment to academic excellence.

    He also attributed the accreditation to the governor’s deliberate efforts and support for education in the State, stating that Enugu State was the highest spender in education in the country.

    “Gov. Mbah is a pivotal force playing a major role and acting as an instrument and catalyst for transforming ESUT into a premier university of science and technology in Africa.

    “The governor’s intervention had enabled our institution to access the necessary resources and infrastructure to deliver quality education,” he added.

    He extolled the governor for his leadership’s programmes for the youths aimed at improving human capital development, wealth creation and eradication of poverty in the state.

  • Prof. Aloysius Okolie appointed as new ESUT Vice-Chancellor

    Prof. Aloysius Okolie appointed as new ESUT Vice-Chancellor

    The Enugu State Government has appointed Prof. Aloysius-Michaels Okolie as the new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT).

    This is contained in a statement, signed by the Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, and made available to newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday.

    It said that the appointment is with effect from April 4, 2022.

    The statement disclosed that Prof. Okolie, who hails from Awgu town in Agwu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was a Professor of Political Science and International Relations of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

    It added that the new Vice-Chancellor, until his appointment was the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and was also Chairman, University of Nigeria Nsukka Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

    According to the statement, Okolie holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.Sc.) in Political Science/Administrative Studies, a Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in International Relations.

    “He was a Fulbright Scholar in 2004 at the prestigious American Studies Institute on United States Foreign Policy.

    “He holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management of Higher Education from the Galilee International Management Institute, Israel.

    “Okolie was also a resource person to the National Defence College, Abuja, on Foreign Policy and National Security Roundtable on Nigeria and her Immediate Neighbours.

    “He held many leadership positions including: Chairman, Governing Council, Enugu State College of Education, Technical from 2021 to date, Vice President (2nd), Social Science Academy of Nigeria, 2021 to date and President, Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), 2018 to 2021.

    “He was Pioneer Director, Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUBEB), UNN, 2014 to 2019.

    “Okolie is a renowned international Scholar and Researcher with over 108 publications to his credit.

    “Prof Okolie belongs to several national and international scholarly and professional Associations and has served in several national and international Committees.

    “These include Member, Federal Government Committee on NEEDS Assessment of Nigerian Universities, Member Committee on Bilateral Relationship between DAPAD Foundation of Japan and UNN, and member, Visitation Team to Public Universities.

    “Professor Okolie is a Knight of the Order of St. Mulumba and he is married with children,” the statement said.

  • 12 Nigerians win regional awards on research and innovations

    12 Nigerians win regional awards on research and innovations

    No fewer than 12 budding Nigerian researchers, innovators and scientists have won regional awards in a competition sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

    Thenewsguru reports that the awards were based on innovations in four thematic areas, namely, Green Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, and Waste to Energy.

    The Vice-Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof. Charles Eze, presented certificates of the awards to the awardees on Saturday at the arm of the British Academy in the institution .

    Eze said that it was gratifying that the arm of the academy was domiciled in the institution’s Innovation and Sustainable Development Centre.

    The vice-chancellor said that the position of ESUT as the foremost university of science and technology in Nigeria, necessitated the location of the centre in the school.

    He said that ESUT had, over the years, pioneered innovations in the areas of science and technology.

    “It is a courtesy of the Royal Academy of Engineering that we have in ESUT an arm of the academy,” he said.

    The vice chancellor congratulated the winners of the awards which, he said, was designed to produce technologies for sustainable rural development and community service.

    “We are happy that ESUT is used as a hub by the academy and we are here to witness the awards to those who distinguished themselves as researchers in those four thematic areas.

    “The competition was carried out in such a transparent manner that it cannot be faulted. The whole process of assessment were done online by the Royal Academy of Engineering,” he said.

    Eze congratulated the awardees and urged them to do more, while charging the unsuccessful competitors to learn from the process.

    Earlier, the Director, Innovation and Sustainable Development Centre, Prof. Paul Nnamchi, said that the competition was aimed at promoting renewable energy technologies, green materials, waste-to-energy solutions, and sustainable agriculture in rural communities.

    Nnamchi said that these could be achieved through research, training, and entrepreneurship.

    He cited some of the benefits of the project to include economic growth, sustainable communities, and healthy living, for the local population.

    “At various levels, this project will have an impact on a variety of stakeholders. For individuals, it will contribute to a cleaner environment, high quality education, and wellbeing.

    “For organisations, it will initiate new research and development projects and investments in renewable energy, waste utilisation, and sustainable agriculture.

    “For local economies, it will help to contribute to the government’s policy of creating high-standard living conditions in remote populated areas,” Nnamchi said.

    NAN further reports that the winners of the competition in the four categories received N650, 000 each, the first runners up got N400, 000, while the second runners-up got N200, 000.

    Meanwhile , some lecturers and corporate entities have also won prizes in the four thematic areas of Green material Category, Renewal energy, sustainable agriculture and waste to energy.

    In the Green material category, they included Simon Ikechukwu, third position, Prof Samuel Wara and team from Afe Babalola University second position , Victor Ojiugo, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) first position.

    Renewable Energy: Advanced Engineering Innovation Research Group (corporate entity) from Federal University of Technology, Minna, took the third position, Chiagoziem Ugwu (Government Technical College, Enugu), second position.

    Chinecherem Ozoude (UNN) and Chinwe Udeze (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka), jointly won the first position.

    In sustainable Agriculture: Dolapo Oladeji (University of Ibadan,) came third, Kingsley Obasi, second position, while Advanced Engineering Innovation Research Group, Minna, placed first.

    Chukwuka Israel placed third in the Waste to Energy category, Mr I. A. Ayoade (University of Ibadan), took the second position and Ifeanyi Aghaulo (Obafemi Awolowo University) emerged the winner.

  • TRAGIC: ESUT doctor dies in ghastly motor accident

    TRAGIC: ESUT doctor dies in ghastly motor accident

    A medical doctor identified as Dr Chidera Ifudu, who works with the teaching hospital of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has died in a ghastly motor accident.

    The tragic accident happened in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State.

    While details of the accident remained sketchy, it was gathered that the doctor was trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian when his car veered off the road and crashed.

    The accident involving Dr Ifudu, an only son, and his Lexus SUV occurred on Friday morning, February 12, two months to his marriage ceremony.

    The marriage ceremony, according to invitation cards found in the doctor’s accidented SUV, was scheduled for April 10.

    Dr Ifudu and Judith Ogochukwu’s traditional was scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Umuahia-South local Government Area of Abia State.

    The church wedding was to hold at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Independence Layout, Enugu on April 10.

    Below is a tribute posted by his friend, Aguli Daniel Okechukwu:

    Sundown and Dusk @ Noon: Adieu Dr. Chidera Alex Ifudu

    (A lone son of his father)

    What a cruel world we’re leaving in. How can someone’s wedding card be used to trace his remains after soul departure in a ghastly motor accident.

    Brother, as die hard believers, even though it’s hard to believe and accept, we can only say Good bye with Prayers for God knows it all.

    May God give your Dad, Siblings and other relations the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss. Our thought is with them. It’s hard to take but Blessed be the name of God on those who have faith in Him for he who have high Faith and Trust in God will always find comfort through the opium that sedates of our emotional worries and pains in the challenges life. God is Hope.

    “For us the fortunate fast livers, the earlier we begin to have a deep thought on our lives with respect to death, the better for everyone.”

    Dera May the Almighty in his unreserved Mercy, and means in which you departed the mother earth grant you a peaceful repose and give you a place in Elysium.

    Amen.

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