Perhaps, when getting up from bed on Monday, December 16, 2024, Mrs Ijeoma Helen Ugwu’s expectation was to attend the Maiden ESUT College of Medicine Annual Merit Award, as a an awardee, collect “whatever the management got to offer” and retire home for the day.

Little did she know that God and destiny has a date for her as she attended the award ceremony as a casual worker but left as a Permanent Staff!

Delivering his speech the Pro Chancellor and Chairman, ESUT Governing Council, Chief Chinyeaka Ohaa, who flew into the state from Abuja for the ceremony, described the award ceremony as the nerve of the university in attaining its set targets of academic excellence and staff welfare.

He recounted that the award ceremony was dear to him and that he wouldn’t have been absent from it. While appreciating the management of the College for the innovation, Chief Ohaa further made two declarations;

“The management has already announced that the awardees would receive a token of N50, 000 each. Let me also add that the Board will add N50, 000 to make it N100, 000. That means each of the recipients will receive N100, 000.

“I am delighted in the calibre of the nominees for the award because I have known some of them. Prof Ezugwu has been a friend and brother, likewise others.

“However, the height of my happiness is that a casual staff is among the nominees. I have been in the system and know that to be a casual staff is not easy. The stipends you are paid don’t take you anywhere.

“To our sister and mother, Helen Ugwu, Thank you for all you are doing. This shows that you treasure and value your position as a casual staff. However, I want to assure you that from today, you are no more a casual work, you are now a permanent staff. If you can emerge as the best in your current “casual position” how much more when you become a permanent staff. You deserve it, and congratulations,” the Pro Chancellor said.

Mrs Ijeoma Helen Ugwu’s Profile

Mrs Helen Ugwu, one hails from Ee-Obara in Nsukka Local Government Area.

She had her primary and secondary education at Community Primary School Odo-Akpu, Onitsha and Pinnacle Comprehensive Secondary School Transekulu, Enugu State.

She joined ESUCOM in 2015 as a casual worker, a cleaner deployed to the hostels, with her exceptional diligence and dedication to service, always willing to give in her best to keeping her place of assignment very clean. Even when her supervisor calls her out for duties away from her duty point, she patiently, without complains and murmuring do it perfectly and reverts to the supervisor.

She is always willing to assist her colleagues through the job and with a sound relationship with them all

Mrs Helen Ugwu is happily married to Mr Elias Ugwu, with 5 children

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A former FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Christian Chinyeaka Oha has replaced Most Revd. Bishop Godfrey Onah as the Chairman, Governing Council, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT.

Similarly, Prof. Uchenna Ekwochi replaces late Prof Innocent Okafor as Provost, ESUT College of Medicine, ESUCOM.

The appointments which are with immediate effect, were contained in a press statement signed by the Secretary to State Government, Prof Chidiebere Onyia on Tuesday.

Other members of the board also approved by the Enugu State Governor, His Excellency, Dr Peter Ndubisi Mbah are: Prof. Ikenna Chukwu, Engr. James Ajibo Ifeanyi, Gladys Ngozi Okoro, Hon. Chinedu Onu and Dr. Eric Oluedo.

The statement noted that the appointments were made based on merits, experiences, track records, and stellar leadership qualities possessed by the candidates, adding that they were expected to reposition the institution for the growth and development of the state.

“It is expected that you will bring to bear your years of experiences and leadership qualities as technocrats and help the state to reposition these institutions and agency in line with the disruptive innovation and governance philosophy of this administration,” the statement added.

”While congratulating the newly appointed officials, the SSG stressed that the appointments take immediate effect from their date of appointment,” statement made available to ESUT Monitor, reads.

Born February 4, 1961, Sir Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa is a retired administrator who last served as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Power. He had previously served as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory and the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports.

Between 1999 and 2006, he served as the Accountant General of Enugu State and as the Honourable Commissioner for Agriculture, Enugu from 2006 to 2007.

Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa hails from Amangwu Autonomous Community of Obuoffia, Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, Nigeria

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