By Onyekachi Agu and Ani Ogechi

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Aloysius-Michaels Okolie today Commissioned the Workshop of the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education.

The Vice-Chancellor who was represented by his deputy, Prof Chike Nwoha expressed delight over the department ‘s effort to improve the learning abilities of the students particularly with regards to their entrepreneurial skills.

He encouraged the board of the department to sustain the tempo adding that he will furnish the VC with the report for proper actions.

On his part, the University Registrar, Chief Ambrose Ugwu, who graduated from the department over 30 years ago, said he felt proud and honoured to have passed through the department.

Chif Ugwu who recounted his studentship with the only professor in the department, Professor V C. Chibuike,  commended the HOD, Dr Felicia Nwokike for her giant strive in repositioning the department adding that the current students would be better placed to secure their future once they master their entrepreneurial skills.

Earlier in her welcome address, Dr Nwokike had enumerated the major challenges facing the department to include lack of staff and  lack of funds to execute their projects and called on the management to come to their rescue. She also called on the university community to patronize their products and also engage their services.

Highlights of the commissioning were the cutting of tapes leading to the laboratory and storerooms where the department’s products were displayed.

The products displayed were bathing/washing soaps, liquid soap, cakes of various sizes, hair cream, chin chin, among others.

The VC accompanied by the Registrar added that the management will henceforth be patronizing the department by purchasing their products.

It could be recalled that the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education made history in November last year when they became the first department to produce the university’s convocation cake.

Speaking oin an interview shortly aftee the commissioning, the Deputy Director, Entreprneurship Development Centre (EDC) ESUT, Prof Chris Orgah told ESUT Monitor that the Centre will partner with Business and Entrepreneurship Education to ensure that their efforts in improving the skills of the students is supports. He added that the Centre is open to partner faculties and departments in providing entrepreneurship skills for the students emphasising that as a science and technology university, ESUT should be in the forefront in skills acquisition.