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.

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The Vice-Chancellor, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, will lead the management team of the university to commissioner the equipment procured by the Business and Entrepreneurship Education Department on Thursday.

Scheduled to commence by 10am, the visit would also afford the management the opportunity to interact with the board of the department as well as the students.

Speaking in an interview, Head of the department, Dr Felicia Nwokike said that the department is poised to welcome their August visitors adding that the commissioning will enable the board to interact with the management on their achievements and challenges.

Dr Nwokike noted that the Department has been in the forefront of producing cosmetics products such as soap, confectionaries, meat pie recipe, chin chin, hair cream, among others.

Below are pictures of what the department has produced already

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