The newly elected National Executive Council (NEC) of the Alumni Association of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, (ESUT) held an outing/thanksgiving service for the successful election and handover of the new officials

The Thanksgiving Service took place on Sunday March 10, at The Redemption Church Worldwide, Number 8 Moses Ogbodo street Amechi, Enugu as the Excos came in one accord to give glory to God.

The new national president, ESUT Alumni, Barr. CNN Nwagbara speaking on the reason for the Thanksgiving Service said: “the essence of this service is to present the newly elected Excos after their inauguration to God, for direction and for the favour of God to follow us and lead us to success in all the things we do.”

Barr. Nwagbara also maintained his commitment to making sure that the Alumni association under his leadership will help push the University to where it deserves to be; “My first agenda is to reestablish or enhance the working relationship with the ESUT management. The second agenda we have is to create more chapters because like they say, the more the merrier, the more we have branches, the more we have people who will support the Alumni to support the University. Thirdly, we will go into further infrastructural development within and outside ESUT,” he added.

In his homily, founder of the Redemption Church Worldwide, Rev. Ambassador Chimaobi Aninwene urged all the people who have graduated from ESUT to endeavor and join the ESUT Alumni Associations as it is very important and necessary. He also prayed for the Excos and blessed them saying that God will grant them their wish of ‘All round Favour’ and make their regime a remarkable one in the history of ESUT.

Other dignitaries who graced the occasion are; The Registrar of the University, Chief Ambrose Ugwu, who is the National Secretary of the NEC , the Alumni Relations Officer, Greg Mbah, the President Enugu State Alumni chapter, Silvanus Obasi, Barr Solomon Igwesi and many others.

It could be recalled that the new Alumni NEC on Friday paid a courtesy visit to the management of ESUT.

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By Amaechi Agbo

The Vice-Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie has charged the newly elected National Executive Council, NEC of the University’s Alumni Association to continue to sustain the legacies, comradeship and collaborative norms existing between the association and the management in order to sustain the new narrative in the institution.

The Vice-Chancellor gave the charge in his office on Friday when the new leaders of the Alumni Association paid a courtesy visit to the management of the institution.

Prof Okolie who congratulated the new leaders on their election victory urged them to remain focused and supportive of the management’s quest in changing the narratives at ESUT.

“Let me first and foremost congratulate all of you on your electoral victories which I know were never easy. Today you are here because you played the politics at the time and now it is time to work.

“The greatest challenge we have in organisation, association or any group is transition. I am happy we are able to come out of the elections peacefully and in love.

“Let me assure you that we shall work in synergy. We shall be interfacing with the alumni to ensure that we get to where we are going.

“We just started the journey, we shall achieve our targets with your support and we are going to give you maximum cooperation and you can’t afford not to deliver. It is important that we sustain our existing collaboration in rebuilding ESUT. This is our dream which is achievable,” the VC said.

He emphasized the need for unity in the association and the impact it would make in helping the management to reposition the university.

“Where I am coming from, the Alumni has five factions and their issues have remained unsolved. Factiionalisation breaks down any family or group.

“We are happy that ESUT Alumni is a role model to many universities in the country. This unity and peace is instrumental in achieving our set objectives and I must commend all of you in this regard.”

Earlier in his speech, the Alumni National President, Barrister CNN Nwagbara, said the NEC visited the Vice-Chancellor on tripartite reasons – to pay a courtesy visit, officially introduce the new NEC to the management and also to pay condolence to the VC who lost his mother during the week

He expressed the determination of the new Alumni leadership to continue to be a focal and rallying point for the students and expressed assurance of continued collaboration with the management in rebranding the university.

Also speaking, the University Registrar, Chief Ambrose Ugwu, who doubles as the National Treasurer of the Alumni Association, expressed optimism that the partnership between the management and the association will be enhanced.

He lauded the VC for his laudable initiatives in the institution which have revolutionalized the University setting it at par with best universities in the world.

He stressed that the innovative and pragmatic leadership of the Vice-Chancellor has continued to give a rebirth and sound health to the University’s 67 programmes and emerging ones and assured of the Alumni’s readiness in that regard.

The ESUT Alumni NEC members were received by the Vice-Chancellor and some members of the management team including the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof Chike Nwoha, the Bursar, Dr Augustine Ojeh as well as the Registrar, Chief Ambrose Ugwu, who is also a member of the Alumni NEC.

A minute silence was observed in honour of the Vice-Chancellor’s mother, late Mrs Ezinne Lucy Onuzulike Okolie who died on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 aged 81.

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