By Amaechi Agbo

On Tuesday the Management of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) received new Lawn Mower, Grass Cutter Machines donated by the Lagos Alumni Branch of the University.

Making the donation at the Vice-Chancellor’s office, President, ESUT Lagos Alumni Association Branch, Mr Emeka Abonyi said the donation was part of the Alumni’s support to the management in their efforts to keep the university environment clean.

Addressing the Vice-Chancellor and his management team in his office, Mr Abonyi said the donation became necessary so as to support the management in its efforts to keep the Alma mater environment beautifully clean and safe.

“ESUT Alumni Lagos Branch Association have been supporting the University in several forms in the past. This year, we decided to support the University with high capacity lawn mower and one big grass cutter machines.

“This is necessary to keep our Alma mater environment beautifully clean and safe. We observed over grown grass and bushes are big threat to the life of staff and students of our great Alma mater,” he said.

 The Lagos Branch also expressed gratitude to the Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie led Management happy for the massive improvements being made in the institution in all    angles both in academic and  infrastructure.

“ESUT is really taking pride of place as the 1st state University in Nigeria and 1st University of Technology in Africa,” he remarked.

In his address, the VC thanked the Branch for their support and affirmed that the machines would be judiciously deployed to achieve its purpose.

He further reiterated the Management’s plans to visit the branch with a view to strengthening the membership adding that the university will continue to collaborate with its alumni in order to suatin the legacy and mandate of the institution.

“On behalf of the management, we are glad to receive the donations. This is another leap in keeping our environment neat at all times. We are happy that Lagos Alumni remembered us today and we are going to make good use of the machines in addition to the ones we have to sustain our environment. ESUT compound is very large that we engage our staff and labourers in the bid to sustain it and keep it healthy.

“Let me also at this point remind you that management is planning to visit Lagos to strengthen the Branch. ESUT Lagos Alumni Branch used to be the strongest branch among others with resources.

“One of the Executive Directors of MTN is supposed to be a member. She brokered the construction of Enugu-Onitsha Expressway and there is need to bring her in. I visited her sometime ago and there is need for us to do a follow up. As a management, we cannot conclude our assignment in ESUT without visiting Lagos Branch to strengthen it. We have gone to Port Hartcourt, planned to go to Owerri but it didn’t hold.

“Let me emphasis that no university will make appreciable impact without engaging with the alumni association. On a good day, we shall have Alumni Night where we will sit together to merry and plan for our university,” the VC said.

It could be recalled that the management recently created the Directorate of Municipality with a mandate to ensure the neatness of the University, improve on its beautification and topographic view and enhance effective sanitation.