By Onyekachukwu Agu

Enugu Ebeano – The members of the Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, have praised the Management of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, for transforming the institution in record time

The Committee which was led by its Chairman, Hon. Osita Eze, while on oversight visit to ESUT, Monday, commended ESUT Management for improved academic contents in the University, noting that to secure increase in admission quota for Medicine and Surgery from 120 to 350, was a landmark achievement by the present Management of the University.

The Committee also commended ESUT Management for securing partnership agreements with reputable organizations and institutions, pointing out that the recent Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Vertex Labs, a Qatar-based technology and Artificial Intelligence company, to establish an Institute of Applied Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing in the University was a very laudable development.

The members of the Committee, including Hons. Malachy Onyechi; Magnus Ede; Tony Nwankwo; Osita Oko; Gabriel Eze; and Williams Amuka, equally added that the excellent management of ESUT has positioned it as a reputable citadel of learning in research, academic excellence and innovation in the globe, noting that it has become the most-sought after University in South East Nigeria.

In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of ESUT, Prof. Okolie, stated that the ongoing reforms in the University have started yielding positive results, stating that six products of the University made First Class in the recent Nigerian Law School finals while four academic staff of the University won the National Research Fund for their specialized researches.

The Vice Chancellor also used the occasion to express appreciation of the Management, staff, and students of the University to the Governor of the state, His Excellency, Barr. Ndubuisi Mbah, for his uncommon financial, material and moral support to the ESUT College of Medicine, which necessitated the increment in admission quota to 350, adding that the Management of the University is ever ready to improve on any area of identified deficiencies.

He further informed the committee that 19 programmes in the University have been re-accredited by the National Universities Commission during the 2025 exercise, adding that the Management is poised to re-accredit more programmes in 2026 exercise.

The Vice Chancellor also said that the University is making plans to create five new programmes, including AI, Data Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, as well as Intelligence and Security Studies following the approval to establish a Centre for AI Studies in the University.

He further stated that that plans are underway to conduct recruitment for new programmes and selected faculties in the University, and to deal with labour union demands on new wages and better condition of service.

The Vice Chancellor however, observed that the Management of the University is challenged by funding, insecurity, inadequate classrooms and lecture halls, poor remuneration of staff among others.

below are pictorial reports of the visit: