By Joseph Joy and Rachael Okechi
In a bid to checkmate cases of larceny experienced in its university, the Enugu State Governor, Dr Ndubuisi Mbah has begun perimeter fencing of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT.
Vice-Chancellor, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie disclosed this in an exclusive interview with the ESUT Monitor on Wednesday.
Speaking after the University management and the representatives of Obe and Umueze Communities signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU on the acquisition of 30 plots of land for the building of ESUT Primary and Secondary Schools, Prof Okolie said that the fencing work has commended adding that the Governor sent surveyors on Friday last week to survey the area.
“His Excellency has committed himself and he has approved that there will be a fence (around ESUT). They came here last week Friday and did their survey,” he said.
In December last year, the Registrar, ESUT, Mr Ambrose Ugwu told ESUT Monitor that fencing the university would be the priority of the management in the new year.
He decried reported cases break-ins in the university and vowed that the management is leaving no stones unturned in ensuring that both students and staff of the institution have a conducive and secure environment for effective knowledge impartation.
