AE-FUNAI VIGOROUSLY WORKING TO KEEP THE ‘CAMPUS IN A GARDEN’ VISION ALIVE

University Special Guests Plant Trees.

Pursuant to the vision of the Vice- Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu- Alike Ebonyi State, Prof Chinedum Nwajiuba, to transform the University to ‘Campus in a Garden’, special guests to the University and stake-holders who visited to identify with the vision, were yesterday, August 4, 2020, hosted by VC and other officers of the institution at the Vice- Chancellor’s Conference Room. The guests were in the University campus to mainly participate in and support the Go- Green Initiative tree planting towards realization of the vision.

Deputy Vice- Chancellor(Administration), Prof Philip Omoke who facilitated the courtesy visit formerly introduced the visitors numbering six, from different organisations and standing, to the VC and other University officers present. The August visitors included Mr. Sunday Nwambam, Chairman, Global Oil and Gas, Mr. Pius Nwankwo,Director, Native Kitchen,Mr. Christian Ezunu of NNPC, Arc Aloysius Nwalozie, Project Manager, TETFund, Surv. N.D Garba and Mr. Obi Aio, Executive Director, Royal Salt.

VC, PROF NWAJIUBA LEADING THE GUESTS TO THE TREE PLANTING ARENA

Elated Prof Nwajiuba thanked Prof Omoke for all the support and cooperation he has shown since 2016 when he (Nwajiuba) assumed office as VC, especially for bringing the calibre of guests to support the University. He expressed profound gratitude to the visitors for coming to be part of the University’s tree planting and Go- Green Initiative and for their kind words of encouragement and demonstration of love, stressing that by the gesture, they have become part of history of the ‘most serious’ public University in Nigeria.

AE-FUNAI TRANSFORMING TO ‘CAMPUS IN A GARDEN’

Prof Nwajiuba further made bold to announce to the August visitors that “ we are building a University of our era…we are planting for posterity. For us to achieve this vision, all hands must be on deck”. VC charged the Co-ordinator, AE-FUNAI Green Initiative, Mr. Ifeanyi Chukwu to ensure that the trees so planted are properly branded and appropriately placed in the records and further requested him to do all he can to facilitate the planting of all available seedlings to achieve the 3000 trees target for the year, before the end of rains.

MR. SUNDAY NWAMBAM TAKING THE FIRST SHOT

The guests took turns to appreciate VC for his visionary leadership, unparalleled record of success in infrastructural development and mission to build AE- FUNAI to the University of the future and prayed that the University will continue to grow as the trees they planted grow, pledging their commitment to continue to be part of the success story of the young and fast growing University.