Coscharis gives UNN facelift
By SAM OTTI
Tuesday, June 08, 2010



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Great Lions and Lionesses of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) roared in excitement recently as the upgraded Ultra Modern Coscharis lecture theatre was commissioned.

An enduring legacy was bequeathed to the institution by a renowned philanthropist, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, who spent over N50million in giving the Faculty of Law a face-lift.

Dr. Maduka, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Coscharis Group had in 1995 constructed and donated a lecture theatre to the faculty. The growth of the faculty drew his attention a second time, prompting his intervention in upgrading the lecture halls that was completed on record time.

At the commissioning held recently at the Enugu Campus, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC), Professor Rich Umeh, described the event as a milestone in the Law Faculty. He said: “Dr. Maduka has written his name in gold in the annals of the institution.”
The DVC recalled that Dr. Maduka built the first Faculty of Law Lecture halls of four classrooms and later volunteered to take up the ultra-modern lecture halls to accommodate the increasing students population.

“Dr. Maduka felt that considering our students population, what he bequeathed the Faculty of Law a few years ago is no longer adequate. The result of that intuition is the edifice that is standing before us as completely upgraded and ultra modern Coscharis lecture halls. I salute this great philanthropist of our time. I salute this great achiever for spending more than N50million to ensure that our children get the best of legal education”, he said.

Professor Umeh noted that the Law Faculty was de-accredited by the National Universities Commission due to absence of infrastructure. He said the timely intervention of the likes of Dr. Maduka has helped in regaining the accreditation status of the faculty.

“The accreditation team will be back sometime this year. It is our hope we get full accrediataion this time around. We will not be able to achieve this without your support as we still need other facilities like faculty building, library, law reports, faculty vehicles, among others. We call on all well- meaning individuals to emulate the example of Dr. Cosmas Maduka and come to the aid of the faculty”, he pleaded.

Also speaking, the Dean Faculty of Law, Professor Ifeoma Enemo commended Dr. Maduka for his prompt response, describing him as the foremost benefactor of the law faculty.

“Dr. Cosmas Maduka graciously attended our first Alumni Home Coming in 2004. Being a kind hearted, generous, magnanimous and noble philantropist, he was moved by our plight as presented by the then Dean of Faculty, Prof G.O.S Amadi and he immediately decided and promised again to solely reconstruct and upgrade the lecture theatre. Today, he has lived up to his promise, for which we gathered here for the commissioning. The entire staff and students of the Faculty of Law are full of appreciation of your noble deed”, she said.