Okorocha Extends Free Education To Non Indigenes In Imo State University: Announces Absolute Free Education To Students


Determined to give every child in Nigeria access to free and qualitative education, the Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has today, September23, 2014 declared absolute free education to indigenes and non indigenes studying in Imo State University.

Governor Okorocha announced this during the commissioning ceremony of N150m Ultra Modern Owunna Recreation Park at the University campus Owerri.

Owelle Okorocha stressed the need to encourage the present generation to do better than the past generation and urged the students to reciprocate the gesture by imbibing a progressive spirit.

He further called on the school authorities to stop forthwith the collection of N50,000 acceptance fee and warned lecturers against the sale of handouts, while insisting that all books must be sold through the bookshops.

The Governor however pointed out that government will not be involved in certain charges like students’ Identity Cards, medicals, text books and other departmental charges. He therefore appealed to the academic staff to be modest and adhere strictly to the directives.

While promising to elevate the image of the University, Governor Okoroccha urged the students to develop passion for education and advised them to refrain from cultism and indecent dressing especially as the nation is yearning for leaders with good conduct in both learning and character.

He commended the Pro-Chancellor, Mazi Clement Owunna and the University Governing Council for their personal sacrifices made towards the development of the institution.

The Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Prof Uba Nnabue, noted the Imo State University has witnessed remarkable level of infrastructural development within the past three years of the Rescue Mission administration.

He called on the staff and students of the University to support the government in its efforts to promote education in the State.

Earlier in his address, the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Prof Ukach Awuzie, stated that the recreation park was constructed and funded by the Pro-Chancellor, Mazi Clement Owunna through his Chief Peter Sunday Owunna Memorial Foundation (CPSOMF) and donated to the institution.

He described the park as the first of its kind in the country tailored to suit the needs of the staff and students alike and commended him for attracting numerous projects to the institution as the chairman of the Governing Council of Imo State University.

Handing over the project, donor and Pro-Chancellor of the Universty, Mazi Clement Owunna said the Board of Trustees of his Foundation conceptualized and developed the Recreation Park which stood to tune of N150m to create an environment that would impact positively on the students staff as well as add dynamism to the University ambience and environment.

He thanked Governor Okorocha for the support given to the University which has translated into the development of physical infrastructural at both the Owerri and Orlu campuses.



Unadike William C

For: SSA Media

Government House Owerri

23rd September, 2014

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how will our gov pull this off? this is what i call cluelessness, bearing in my that our imo state university is operating from what looks like a makeshift building. the worst state university i have come to know in nigeria.

Governor Okorocha announced this during the commissioning ceremony of N150m Ultra Modern Owunna Recreation Park at the University campus Owerri.

now this is what i call a gov without vision. he went ahead to build recreation park whereas the university itself is a common glorified primary school.

we cannot help but push this man out next year so that ihedioha can take over and give us a purposeful leadership.

Berem come and defend the clueless clown you called a governor.
Rochas paying igbo people N10 thousand naira to convert to islam

To even think that this same Imo state university is a mess and far below what should be called a community secondary school is heartbreaking..

u all are stupid bunch of ass hole......Rocha's is the best Governor IMO has ever produce after Mbakwe

how many buildings did Ohakim build and Achike udenwa? who ruled for 8yrs.
u people should appreciate cos had it been he stole all this money in private jet to south Africa like your PDP bastards you will call it development

Interesting...

Keep wasting Imo lean revenue,in the name of campaigning for presidency that is not realisable at the moment.you will surely account for it.

By the way,why not declare the free education across the nation?.Mtchww!
Mmadu ire oku!

Preparing for 2015!

This is the same Imo state university that is offering free education..lol! The likes of Okorosha should have no business being in government. Now he has rendered this state the state useless and stagnant with zero infrastructure and piled up debt. Where is abagworo?

1st picture is the law faculty

2nd picture- admin block.

Donmarrius: Keep wasting Imo lean revenue,in the name of campaigning for presidency that is not realisable at the moment.you will surely account for it.

By the way,why not declare the free education across the nation?.Mtchww!
Mmadu ire oku!

D students shouldn't be shocked when they start paying 100k as departmental dues

Imo2015:


now this is what i call a gov without vision. he went ahead to build recreation park whereas the university itself is a common glorified primary school.

It is not everything you criticise. Take note of the emboldened

Handing over the project, donor and Pro-Chancellor of the Universty, Mazi Clement Owunna said the Board of Trustees of his Foundation conceptualized and developed the Recreation Park which stood to tune of N150m to create an environment that would impact positively on the students staff as well as add dynamism to the University ambience and environment.

barcanista: It is not everything you criticise. Take note of the emboldened

they can at least use that money to invest on the decaying school facilities than building a park. which is better?

n the time of Dee Sam Mbakwe, the Imo state and former Bendel state were undisputably the champions in education. Today, the reverse is the case, especially for Imo. Free education is a good thing. But what is even of even greater importance is QUALITY education.

When people are offered "free education" while there are no functional university laboratories in the school, the buildings are derelict looking like glorified primary school classrooms, the campus roads are in an appalling state and worst of all, the lecturers are underpaid and even owed, then you can see why the so called "free education" isn't the only priority. Infact, it is a political gimmick by those who donot give a hoot about education, but are planning their political future as 2015 elections approaches.

Imo is actually not lagging behind in the numbers of school children or graduates like we have in some northern states.
[size=15pt]The problem in Imo is that the QUALITY HAS FALLEN AND WE MUST RESTORE IMO STATE TO THE NUMBER ONE POSITION IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

That is where the focus ought to be! [/size]

Imo2015:


they can at least use that money to invest on the decaying school facilities than building a park. which is better?

Who is the "they"? Person buy beer for you with him own money, you de criticize am say him for use the money buy you shoe, instead of show appreciation. Please don't be an ingrate. The Donors weren't elected by Imolites nor was Imo public money spent. It was pure donations.

You have the right to tell your governor what to do, quality education is non negotiable, but criticising him based on this project done by a donor is uncalled for

This is what one gets when an incompetent rabble rouser mounts the podium!

at least my friends studying there have hope

Okorocha is a great man and it is very unhealthy for Igbos to engage in falsehood in order to claim he is not one of the best in Nigerian history. One of his initial major attempts was relocating IMSU to a rural area which befits an academic institution rather than being at the heart of a city but PDP sponsored a stiff resistance and he had to yield. That notwithstanding, IMSU has changed greatly in the past 3 years as evidenced from Chino's pictures. Chino's pictures shows how things were before and a revisit today will surprise him.

barcanista: Who is the "they"? Person buy beer for you with him own money, you de criticize am say him for use the money buy you shoe, instead of show appreciation. Please don't be an ingrate. The Donors weren't elected by Imolites nor was Imo public money spent. It was pure donations.

You have the right to tell your governor what to do, quality education is non negotiable, but criticising him based on this project done by a donor is uncalled for

it is my school so i know what we need more.

You see why you are called a clown..

Okorosha is a failure despite over 200billion he accumulated as loan. Now tell us what is the state of health, education, infrastructure, employment generation etc today in Imo state? The condition of IMSU has got bad beyond that pix up there, if not post the current pix. IMSUTH is another disaster. Who are the masses to stop govt plan to relocate the state university to a good site? The gov was never interested in genuine development of the state. Simple!

Abagworo: Okorocha is a great man and it is very unhealthy for Igbos to engage in falsehood in order to claim he is not one of the best in Nigerian history. One of his initial major attempts was relocating IMSU to a rural area which befits an academic institution rather than being at the heart of a city but PDP sponsored a stiff resistance and he had to yield. That notwithstanding, IMSU has changed greatly in the past 3 years as evidenced from Chino's pictures. Chino's pictures shows how things were before and a revisit today will surprise him.

Free education to even non indigenes ? Nice but abeg no start wetin you no fit finish o

chinolization: You see why you are called a clown..

Okorosha is a failure despite over 200billion he accumulated as loan. Now tell us what is the state of health, education, infrastructure, employment generation etc today in Imo state? The condition of IMSU has got bad beyond that pix up there, if not post the current pix. IMSUTH is another disaster. Who are the masses to stop govt plan to relocate the state university to a good site? The gov was never interested in genuine development of the state. Simple!

One of the buildings in that your picture.

Story for the goats..

What about this?

Abagworo:

One of the buildings in that your picture.

Now what is he doing about the health sector? This is IMSUT in its glory..

I'm yet to see University structures in IMSU that i like; something like what Kwakwanso is building in Kano! Also the environment and landscaping needs working on!

2cato: Berem come and defend the clueless clown you called a governor.
Rochas paying igbo people N10 thousand naira to convert to islam

Igbo mentality.

Imo2015:


it is my school so i know what we need more.

You are an Imo Star yet you talk bad of your school? Shame on you son!

Proud to be an Imo Star!

chinolization: Now what is he doing about the health sector? This is IMSUT in its glory..

Chino, it sucks how you attack Imo State people, your fellow Igbo, for cheap political gains. I guess you don't know the Igbo adage that says that igwe bu'ike.
Alaigbo Adigo Mma.

IGBOSON1: I'm yet to see University structures in IMSU that i like; something like what Kwakwanso is building in Kano! Also the environment and landscaping needs working on!

You are right. The only university in the east that looks decent is ABSU. However Rochas is trying. Can you guess which university this is?

OrlandoOwoh:
Chino, it sucks how you attach Imo State people, your fellow Igbo, for cheap political gains. I guess you don't know the Igbo adage that says that igwe bu'ike.
Alaigbo Adigo Mma.

orlandoowoh, how market