The office of the Registrar, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT was a beehive of activities on Thursday, December 21 as members of the staff “invaded” the office to collect their bags of rice, courtesy of the University scribe, Mr Ambrose Ugwu.

A visitor would have mistaken the Registrar’s office for a warehouse or palliative storage facility as bags of rice littered the office and staff trooping in and out dragging bags of rice along with them as they made their way out of the office in joyous mood.

Seated placidly on his desk is the Registrar, Mr Ambrose Ugwu seemingly oblivious of the activities going on inside his office.

Interestingly, the news of the Christmas gift fettered into the other departments and staff came in their numbers to also collect their own gifts from “our daddy” as they referred to the Registrar.

Mr Ugwu in an interview with ESUT monitor shortly after the distribution of the bags of rice to the staff, explained why he embarked on such humanitarian gesture.

“I have a way of thanking God because He has been very supportive to our administration and to me in particular. So I said those staff working under me, let them receive the dividends of their efforts. It is a happy Christmas gift, no matter how little. I can’t reach everybody but at least those who sustained the work till today, the 21^st of December, that is why I don’t want any person that is not here to receive it. If you are not here, you are not part of it. And those who are here today that we have to close for the year, I have to appreciate them. 

“It is a Christmas gift to them. Formerly we used to send Christmas cards but those things are no longer in vogue, we now commit it to cash or materials. That is why I made provisions for small gifts. I have bags of rice, bedsheet. Some may still get tokens in terms of cash,” he said.

Mr Ugwu noted further that he distributed 200 5kg bags of rice to all the staff members who are working under the Registry Office.

 “I made provisions for 200 5kg bags of rice and I have exhausted them. My staff members are many because the departments and units under the Registry Office include the Central Registry, Establishment, Students Affairs, Records, Exams, Council Unit, General Administration and Senate Unit. All these departments fall under the purvey of the Registry. But I extended it to other units within the Administrative Block. Except the Bursary, I will think about that because I didn’t make provisions for them.”

ESUT formally closed for Christmas and New Year festivities on Thursday December 21 and will resume on January 8^th, 2024

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The management of Nigeria’s first University of Technology, ESUT, has expressed gratitude to the staff, students and the host communities for standing by them during the outgoing year 2023.

The Registrar, Mr Ambrose Ugwu in an exclusive interview with ESUT Monitor in his office on Friday shortly before the university shut down for Christmas and New Year festivities, said the outgoing year was a mixed fortune for the university.

“This year has been very challenging but still fruitful,” he said while answering question on the activities in the university in the year under review.

I thank God and my prayer is that we all will go home peacefully and return peacefully to continue from where we stopped.

“God has been very faithful to the University. Even though we lost some staff, which is natural, He has been protecting us. It is not easy travelling to Agbani from Enugu on daily basis but God protected us throughout the year.

“The staff members were outstanding despite one two issues, the students also did their best. The host communities remained partners in progress.  

“I am very happy because within the space of two years we have been here, ESUT had no strike, everything has been going seamlessly. I thank the labour unions for being with the management always because we have not had any challenge with the labour unions in the past two years we came on board. The relationship has been very cordial.

“I equally thank the Vice Chancellor because he is a visionary leader and a father who listens to cries of the people under his care,” he said,

He however reminded the staff that more works ahead f the quest of achieving the management’s dream of making the university a beckon of academic excellent must be achieved.

“I thank God and my prayer is that we all will go home peacefully and return peacefully to continue from where we stopped.”

As the school officially vacates for yuletide celebrations, it is hoped that both staff and students would continue to imbibe the good morals inculcated in them and remain good ambassadors of the university.

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