The Acting Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Professor Omenugha, appeals for assistance in providing basic facilities for students of the institution

A total of ten students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University are said to have lost their lives in road crashes across the State within ten months.

The Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kate Omenugha, made this known in her speech at the Third Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture series, which took place at the university on Friday.

Professor Omenugha revealed that those unfortunate incidents occurred within 10 months of her assumption of office, due to lack of residential apartments (hostels) and school buses for the students who reside in neighboring communities.

She lamented that as a mother, she felt terribly bad, recalling that the students lost their lives in tricycle, that is Keke, and motorcycle, that is Okada accidents along inter-community roads leading to the university.

She pointed out that the loss of those brilliant students could have been avoided if they had hostels in the university.

The Vice Chancellor said that there are many uncompleted buildings begging for attention in the university and appealed for assistance from the general public, especially wealthy Ndi-Anambra to partner with them to provide hostels and staff quarters.

The event attracted dignitaries such as the state’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim; Former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku; one of the sponsors, Mr. Peter Nwosu; the immediate past VC of the university, Prof. Greg Nwakoby among others