By Ani Ruth

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Prof Chike Nwoha has urged students to promote a sustainable school environment. He made the call during the Faculty Management Sciences’ second International Conference held at the Dr Peter Mbah Auditorium in the University’s main campus, Agbani

Representing the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aloysius-Michael Okolie, the DVC, expressed grave concern over the unhygienic practices of students residing in and off-campus pointing out that refuse were often improperly dumped at the front gate of the school, and students in the lodge inside the school were spreading their clothes on ornamental flowers meant to beautify and provide a sustainable school environment.

The DVC warned that if such actions persist, further measures would be taken, including involving the Environmental Sanitation and the Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) in Enugu State. He enumerated few measures students should follow to ensure a cleaner school environment such as – getting an ESWAMA bags/baskets to dump their refuse in.

The conference, themed “Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa,” featured several notable speakers, including the Dean of Faculty of Management Sciences, Prof Uche Ugwuanyi, COOU VC, Prof Kate Azuka Omeugha, Stanley Aniagu, Right Hon. Uche Ugwu (Enugu House of Assembly Speaker), the Director-General of the Nigeria College of Accountancy, among others.

Their speeches centred on strategies for achieving sustainable development goals in Africa.