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In line with the vision of the Vice Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba to groom students that have the functional knowledge and sellable skills to be self-reliant and employable on graduation, the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the institution has commenced a hands-on programme geared towards exposing its students to the rudiments of real-life work experience.
Applying the “Learning by Doing” approach to teaching, the Faculty yesterday, took the Vice-Chancellor around the construction site where about 100 students of the Faculty were directly involved in the construction of an engineering workshop donated by the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Engr. Dave Umahi, to augment the theory taught in classrooms. The students who were grouped in 20 batches where drawn from Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments.

While speaking at the event, the Chair of the taskforce in charge of the project, Engr. Ngozi Eli-Chukwu noted that the main objective of the skill enhancement programme was to produce engineering graduates who are knowledgeable and employable.
“The essence of this practical experience is to equip engineering students with the relevant skills to be able to put food on their tables without depending on paid-employment on graduation
“Apart from the building plan submitted by the architects, the structural, electrical, and mechanical drawings were done by teams comprising of staff and students
“Thus, the structural team was at the site today to explain to the students how to implement the structural design in the field”, she concluded.

While also speaking at the project site, the Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Employability (CEE), Dr Makuachukwu Ojide, emphasized that the “Learning by Doing” approach was what the Centre is advocating for in all the programmes of the university. He advised that departments should engage students in practical activities related to their disciplines, adding that the business world was not looking for certificate holders rather graduates who can deliver desired services.
Expressing his satisfaction on the project, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba congratulated the students for been part of the practical training offered by the university. He encouraged them to utilize the rare opportunity to acquire necessary skills that would make them soar like eagles on graduation.

He maintained that graduates from the University must distinguish themselves from others by being solution providers in their respective disciplines, adding that the University would continue to provide the enabling environment for students to discover and realize their dreams.
The students, who could not hide their excitements on the practical experience availed them through the project, stressed their determination to learn more while also calling on the University authorities to continue in the same trajectory of exposing her students to real-life work situations in the courses of their study.

AE-FUNAI FLOATS CAMPUS BAKERY
In order to boosts its internal revenue base in a time of serious economic contraction and also, ensure that bread is readily made available to staff and students at affordable prices, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State has established a bakery.
The bakery which is located within the University campus came on stream recently and is geared towards the production and sell of nutrients-fortified breads to members of the University community, reducing the cost of travelling to Abakaliki to buy such products.

Presenting the first fruits of the bakery to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, the Director of AE-FUNAI Outlook Ltd, Mr. Austin Ugwuoke, noted that the bakery would effectively serve members of the University community by providing them with quality bread of all sizes and meat pies at affordable prices.

“Our marketing strategy is to produce quality bread of various sizes and sell same to staff, students and even members of the local community at affordable prices that will cover N300, N250, N200 and N100 per one, depending on the size”, he stated.
He explained that AE-FUNAI Outlook Ltd is a company established by the University authorities to generate revenue, adding that as part of its mandate the University Governing Council deemed it necessary to approve the establishment of a bakery within the campus.

He also noted that in the future the organization would liaise with the institution’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Employability on the training of students in bakery business, and used the opportunity to call for the patronage of staff and students in order to sustain the business.

Ugwuoke further stated that the bread and other products of the bakery would be registered with the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in accordance with the extant laws guiding such business and also to prove the authenticity of the bakery products.
While tasting the bread in his office, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba expressed his happiness on the feat, noting that it was fantastic to have the University engage in such ventures which are in line with the goal of making the institution entrepreneurship-driven.


“This is one step forward towards where we want to be”, the Vice-Chancellor enthused.

He also used the opportunity to urge the Management of the bakery to ensure that quality was maintained at all times in order to satisfy its customers and in turn break even and maximize profit.
The ‘AE-FUNAI Bread’ is tastefully and hygienically baked, its quality is world-class and can match any other good-quality bread produced anywhere in Nigeria.

A Nigerian-born German scholar, Dr. Obioha Mbonu Ojike has donated some drugs to Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, as part of his contribution to the growth and development of the University and for the health benefits of staff and students.
Presenting the drugs yesterday, the donor who is the son of the first republic flamboyant politician, Chief Mbonu Ojike of the “boycott all boycottables” fame and the only black examiner in Germany, noted that the drugs were meant to improve the total wellness of the University staff and students.


Dr. Ojike, who is an international-acclaimed Obstetrician and Gynaecologist was represented at the event by the Deputy Provost, AE-FUNAI College of Medicine, Dr. Paul Ezeonu, also stated the he was prepared to collaborate with the University in diverse areas in order to contribute to its expansion.

Some of the donated drugs include anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, anti-high blood pressure drugs and others meant for the treatment of various ailments.


While receiving the drugs, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba expressed his appreciation for the kind gestures, adding that the University was prepared to partner with the donor in mutual benefitting areas. He further directed that the drugs be deposited at the University Health Centre where it could be used for treatment of staff and students.

The Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, has reconstituted the University Standing Committees, to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and improved performance.
The newly appointed members of the Committees are expected to bring their wealth of experience, ingenuity, intellectual capacity and dedication to bear in the new tasks in order to take the University to higher heights.
In the information received from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor, the members of the various committees are as follow:
SENATE BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1. Prof Johnny Ogunji DAP) - Chairman
2. Prof. A.O. Ibegbu (FBMS)
3. Prof. Afam Icha-Ituma (FMSS)
4. Dr. Ajanwachukwu.E. (FH)
5. Dr. Moses Alo (FS)
6. Dr. Dave-Maria Ekeh (FE)
7. Dr. Richard Ehiri (FS)
8. Dr. Charles N. Ezeugwu (FET)
9. Dr. Adeolu Adewale.I. (FA)
10. Dr. Lawrence Ogugua - Director, Quality Assurance and Data Base Management

(b) STUDENTS’ DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE
1. Dr. Ejike C.C. (FBMS) - Chairman
2. Dr. Sikakwe Gregory Udie (FS)
3. Dr. Nnenna Enwo-Irem (FH)
4. Dr. Chima Onyebuchi (FMSS)
5.Dr. Umeh Cyril .S. (FET)
6. Dr. Oyeneke Robert (FA)
7. Dr. Igu Ntasiobi C.N. (FE) )
8.. Barr. Mrs. O.R. Onuorah, Head, Legal Unit
9. Dean, Students Affairs
10. Mrs. Ifemene Afoma (Exams &Records)


(c) COMMITTEE ON CAMPAIGN AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT
1. Dr. John Otu Egwom FH Chairman
2. Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Nwudu (Guidance & Counsellor)-
3. Dr. Chinwendu Abah (Clinic)
4. Mrs. Ikpemo, Kelechi O. (FBMS)
5. Mr. Amaefula Roland C. (FH)
6. Barr. Ude Unya (SFS)
7. Dr. V. Omonona (FS)
8. Rev. Dimebo Chigozie (SERVICOM)

(d) CEREMONIAL COMMITTEE
1. Professor Sunday Elom DVC - Chairman
2. Prof. G.MT. Emezue Director, GST
3. Dr. A.O. Egwu Vice Chairman
4. Dr. A. I. Ezeocha DPP&WS
5. Engr. Sunday Adebayo PP&WS
6. Major M.N. Onwe(Rtd) Security
7. Professor Dennis Akoh Director, Research & Development
8. Dr. Charles Ogbaekirigwe DSA
9. Dr. O.O. Adediji Librarian
10. Dr. Lawrence Ogugua - Director, Quality Assurance and Data bae Management
11. Professor Chinyere Nnorom
12. Mrs. Ogechi Mgbemena Bursary
13. Mr. Emmanuel Chigbata
14. Mr. Isdore V. Nwachukwu
15. Dr. O.N. Omaka Chairman, Space Allocation Committee
16. Mr. Ikechukwu Elom PRO
17. Dr. Mrs. N. Uwajumogu FMSS
18. Dr. Jane Munonye
19. Dr. Chinyere Nkama
20. Dr. Vivian Njemanze
21. Dr. Robert Onyeneke Mace Bearer
22. Dr. John Otu University Orator
23. Dr. Ngozi Uduma
24. Dr. Henry Aloh Director, Health Services
25. Jegede Dapo Bursary
26. Miss. Eucharia Nwonu FUNAI Alumni/Parents Relation Officer
27. Mr. Mpamugo Onyebuchi NYSC Desk Officer
28. G.O. Eze-Ali Coordinator, VC’s Office - Secretary


(e) STAFF DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE (MGT)
1. Prof. Ugodulunwa F.X.O. (FS) Chairman
2. Prof. Edward Uche-Nwachi
3. Prof. I.I.Osakwe
4. Dr. Okechukwu Ogueji
5. Rev. Dr. Rowland Uwakwe
6. Rev. Sis. Dr. Clementina Kanu
7. Dr. Henry Aloh
8. Mr. F.U. Onwumere
9. Dr. Olololo Kennedy O
10. Representative of Union of Concerned staff
11. Barr. Chinazu Okafor - Legal Unit
12. Mrs. Augusta Okorie - Secretary

(f) STUDENT SUPPORT FUND COMMITTEE
1. Dr. (Mrs) Lilian Nkama -- Chairman
2. Ven. Dr. Okoro
3. Dr. Emefiene Ezeani
4. Dr. B.O. Nweke
5. Mrs. Chioma Anorue
6. Dr. Ani Uchenna
7. Dean, Students Affairs
8. Dr. Amaka Uwa
9. Mrs. Enene A.

(g) SENATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

1. Prof. M. Onuu FS - Chairman
2. Prof. J. Ogunji DAP
3. Prof. GMT Emezue Director, GST
4. Prof. R. Ejiaga FH
5. Prof. Rosemary Igbo FE
6. Dr. Obidike P.C FMSS
7. Dr. U.K. Ezemagu FBMS
8. Dr. Okechukwu Ibiam FMSS5
9. Dr. Chinyere Nwajiuba FE
10. Dr. Christiana Igberi FA
11. Dr. Richard Ehirim FS


(h) RESEARCH GRANT COMMITTEE
1. Prof. D. Akoh FH - Chairman
2. Dr. O.O. Adediji Librarian
3. Prof. Mrs. C. Ugodulunwa FE
4. Dr. Chukwunonye Ezea FET
5. Dr. Chukwunonso Ejike FBMS
6. Dr. Obasi Ajuka Nwogo FBMS
7. Dr. Nnenna Nwosu FH
8. Dr. Onyeneke Robert FA
9. Dr. Basil Chukwu FMSS
10. Dr. Ngele Kalu K. FS
11. Dr. Iheoma Anyanwu


(i) INAUGURAL/PUBLIC LECTURE COMMITTEE
1. Prof. K.N. Nwogu Chairman
2. Prof. Jonny Ogunji FA
3. Prof. O.O. Ugwu FET
4. Dr. Makua Ojide FMSS
5. Dr. Otu Akanni FMSS
6. Dr. B.O. Nweke FH
7. Dr. O.N. Omaka FS
8. Dr. Chidiebere Duru FE
9. Dr. Emeghara FH


(j) ENDOWMENT COMMITTEE
1. Prof. Philip Omoke Chairman
2. Prof. C. A. Ugodulunwa FE
3. Prof. Afam Icha-Ituma FMSS
4. Dr. (Mrs) Chinyere Elom FE
5. Dr. Tina Nwaeze FE
6. Engr. Ngozi Eli-Chukwu Director, ICT
7. Miss Enene Akonjom Bursary
8. Josephine Odion CEE


(k) TIME-TABLE COMMITTEE
1. Dr. A. Ekwe Chairman
2. Dr. Sunday Mlanga FMSS
3. Dr. Arua Oko Omaka FH
4. Dr. O.P. Aghamelu FS
5. Dr. Chukwu O’Brien J.A. FBMS
6. Anosike Francis Chidi FA
7. Engr. Umeh Cyril FET
8. Dr. Emmanuel Nweze FS
9. Mrs. Ijeoma Kalu Awa FE


(l) EXAMINATION MONITORING COMMITTEE
1. Dr. Smart Otu FMSS - Chairman
2. Dr. Onwudinjo Oluchi FE
3. Dr. Okpani Pius Ezeali FET
4. Dr. Emmanuel Ogueji FA
5. Dr. John Otu FH
6. Dr. Obasi Ajuka N. FBMS
7. Dr. Nweze Emmanuel FS
8. Dr. Innocent Nwosu FMSS
9. Dr. Ewa Ibiang Oden FH
10. Dr. Nwogo Obasi FBMS
11. Mr. Udensi Nnaemeka


(m) COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF ACADEMIC BRIEF
1. Prof. Afam Icha-Ituma - Chairman
2. Dr. A.N. Obasi
3. Dr. Dr. Fabian Ugwu
4. Dr. E.C.C. Ejike
5. Dr. Mrs. Chinyere Nwajiuba
6. Dr. Nnenna Nwosu
7. Dr. Peter Ebokaiwe
8. Dr. Chinere Aloke
9. Dr. Lawrence Ogugua
10. Mr. Cornelius Offia
11. Mr. Noble Onukwue
12. Mrs. Clementina Uzoije
13. Mr. Vitalis Offor -Secretary


(n) UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION AND QUALITY CONTROL COMMITTEE
1. Prof. C. Nwajiuba Chairman
2. Prof. Sunday Elom DVC
3. Dr. O.O. Adediji Librarian
4. Prof. K. N. Nwogu FH
5. Prof. G.M.T. Emezue Director, GST
6. Prof. Johnny Ogunji DAP
7. Dr. Nnenna Nwosu FH
8. Mr. Godfrey Oetta Bookshop Manager
9. Prof. Afam Icha-Ituma FMSS
10. Prof. J.O. Nwankwo FBMS
11. Dr. Chukwunonso Ejike FBMS
12. Dr. G. Akunna FS
13. Barr. Ogochukwu Onuorah Legal Unit - Secretary


(o) SPACE ALLOCATION COMMITTEE
1. Dr. O.N. Omaka FS - Chairman
2. Mr. E. Dike Physical Planning
3. Mrs. Nnenna Ugwuocha Physical Planning


(p) TETFUND AST+D COMMITTEE
1. Dr. Nnenna Nwosu Chairman
2. Prof Ameh Akoh R& D
3. Barr Ude Anya Senate Affairs
4. Prof J. Ogunji DAP
5. Dr. Mrs C. Ogunji Fac. of Education
6. Dr. Okechukwu Eze Fac. of Humanities
7. Dr. Fabian Ugwu Fac. of Mgt. and Soc. Sciences
8. Dr. Jane Munonye Fac. of Agric.
9. Dr. Ozumba Fac. of Basic med science
10. Ejike Igwebuike Library
11. Jindu Frank Bursary
12. Dr. C. Ezeah Fac. of Engineering
13. Dr. Onyebuchi Chima CHRD
14. Dr. Nworie Okoro Fac. of Science
15. Ezekiel Oriala Secretary

Congratulations.

The Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba has charged some newly employed graduate assistants of the University to begin early to chart their career course if they really want to excel as academics.
The Vice-Chancellor made the charge yesterday when he had in audience about 15 pioneer graduates of the University that made first class in their respective fields who were recently employed by the institution.
Professor Nwajiuba had during the maiden convocation ceremony of the University in 2016 offered automatic employment to them in recognition of their extraordinary academic performance and sterling character in their respective disciplines.

He enjoined the young academics not to waste their time on the social media but to use same to further their studies as the University gives three years timeline for graduate assistants to acquire Masters Degree or they would be shown the way out of the institution. He maintained that the University is a serious institution that does not tolerate academic mediocrity and stressed the importance of publishing in high-impact academic journals in order to thrive as an academic in the university.

The University helmsman also used the opportunity to pledge his commitment in helping them to realize their dreams, adding that he would also link them up with celebrated senior academics in the University who would serve as their mentors to enable them become thorough-bred academics in the nearest future.
While speaking on behalf of others, Patrick Owunna thanked the Vice-Chancellor for fulfilling his promise, noting that they were prepared to do the hard work in order to excel in their various academic fields. He further commended Professor Nwajiuba for the massive infrastructural, environmental and academic developments the University has witnessed since his emergence as the Vice-Chancellor.

IMSU DVC DONATES BOOKS TO AE-FUNAI
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University, Professor B.E.B Nwoke has donated some books in the discipline of Science to Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
While presenting the 50 books that cover such areas like Biology, Micro Biology, Parasitology, Mycology, Environmental Biology and Entomology, Professor Nwoke noted that it was his own modest contribution towards furthering the course of the Faculty of Science in particular and the University in general.

He explained that the academic and infrastructural giant strides being witnessed in the University under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, should be supported by all stakeholders.
Represented by the Head, Department of Biology/Micro Biology/Biotechnology, Dr. K. K. Ngele, he also stated that having served in the University as an adjunct professor in the immediate past; he remained a part and parcel of the University and urged the Vice-Chancellor not to rest on his oars until the vision of making the University a world-class centre of learning and research was achieved.

Expressing his delight on the donation, the Vice-Chancellor thanked him for his kind gesture towards the university while also calling on other good-spirited and philanthropic individuals to support the institution in its drive of molding responsible, competent, knowledgeable and enterprising graduates.

PARENT OF AE-FUNAI ALUMNUS DONATES 500 PLANTAIN SUCKERS IN SUPPORT OF CAMPUS-GREEN INITIATIVE
As a show of support to the Campus-Green Initiative of the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, geared towards making the institution the greenest, most beautiful and eco-friendly campus in Nigeria, a parent of an alumnus and wife of the Anglican Bishop of Ikwo Diocese, Mrs. Afoma Ifemene, recently donated 500 plantain suckers.
Receiving the suckers on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, the Parents/Alumni Relations Officer, Miss Eucharia Nwonu noted that the parents and guardians of the university’s students as well as its alumni were in full support of the vision of making the institution a University in a garden.

She further commended the donor for her good gestures, adding that the envisaged plantain plantation would in no distant time generate financial gains for the University with its produce providing food for both staff and students. She also used the opportunity to call on other parents to emulate the philanthropic nature of the donor by supporting the University in their own little ways in order to take the institution to enviable heights.

While handing over the suckers to the Parents/Alumni Relations Officer, Mrs Ifemene said: “My daughter is an alumnus of the university and as part of our contribution to the association; we decided to donate these plantain suckers to support them.”

She explained that she has been having the desire to donate economic trees and raise tree plantations within the University campus as a means of securing ownership of the campus from unnecessary encroachment.

She further stated that the plantain plantation would boost the financial strength of association in particular and the University in general.
‘I want to have not only one plantation in this university and that is why my husband and I decided to ensure its realization with this donation. It is also aimed at assisting the purse of the Alumni Association.
“Furthermore, we want to have a legacy and clear record after our humanitarian mission service that our names are engraved in the record of the university”, she concluded.
Meanwhile, the President of AE-FUNAI Alumni Association, Mr. Ngwoke Victor, has expressed his deepest appreciation on the donation, adding that it has once again reinforced the commitment of the association towards supporting the Management in its drive to make the institution a reference point in the comity of world-acclaimed Universities.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the postgraduate programmes of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, leading to the award of Postgraduate Diplomas and Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in various areas of specialization indicated below, according to the Departments/Faculties for the 2018/2019 academic session:

FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
Department of Physiology:
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes

(i) Physiology

Department of Anatomy:
PGD Programmes
(i) Anatomy
(ii) Biochemistry

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
. Department of Mathematics/Computer Science/Statistics/Informatics:
PGD, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Computer Science
(ii) Statistics

. Department of Physics/Geology/Geophysics:
PGD Programmes
(i) Geology
(ii) Physics
(iii) Geophysical Instrumentation

M.Sc. Programmes
(i) Hydrogeology
(ii) Engineering Geology
(iii) Mineral Exploration
(iv)Petroleum Geology

Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Hydrogeology
(ii) Engineering Geology
(iii) Petroleum Geology

Department of Biology/Microbiology/Biotechnology:
PGD Programmes
(i) Biology
(ii) Medical Parasitology
(iii) Biotechnology
(iv) Medical Microbiology

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Food and Agricultural Biotechnology
(ii) Industrial Biotechnology
(iii) Medical Biotechnology
(iv) Environmental Biotechnology

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
PGD Programmes

Department of Accountancy/Business Administration/Banking and Finance:
(i) Accountancy
(ii) Business Administration
Department of Economics and Development Studies:
(i) Economics and Development Studies
Department of Sociology/Psychology/Criminology and Security Studies:
(i) Sociology
(ii) Psychology
(iii) Criminology and Security Studies
Department of Political Science/Mass Communication:
(i) Mass Communication
GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

(i) Candidates for admission into any postgraduate programme of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State must have obtained at least five (5) credits at not more than two sittings in WASC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB including English Language. In addition, candidates seeking admission into the Faculties of Science; Basic Medical Sciences; and Management and Social Sciences must have a credit pass in Mathematics. Candidates shall also possess the minimum entry requirements for admission into the postgraduate programmes in their respective Departments.

(ii) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who also possess the above qualifications are eligible to apply.


SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained a Bachelor Degree with at least a Third Class Honours.
(ii) Holders of HND at Upper or Lower Credit level passes or its equivalent in relevant areas.
(iii) Candidates who hold qualifications other than the ones mentioned above which are acceptable to the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Senate of the University, may also be considered for admission.
MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained the Bachelor’s Degree in relevant disciplines with at least a Second Class Honours with not less than 3.0 CGPA on a 5-point scale and 2.4 on a 4-point scale.
(ii) Candidates with relevant Postgraduate Diplomas from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate with at least credit level passes with a minimum of 3.5 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.0 on 4-point scale.
(iii) Candidates whose First Degrees are unclassified but have at least 60% average score (B level).
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Candidates from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ikwo or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained Master’s Degree that is appropriate for the proposed field/s of study shall qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.
(ii) Candidates must possess minimum of 4.0 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.2 on a 4-point scale in their Master’s Degrees. Candidates who possess at least a B level (60% average score) at Master’s Degree provided that research work formed part of the Master’s Degree programme shall also qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.
DURATION OF PROGRAMMES

(a) Postgraduate Diploma (Full-Time) – Two Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) – Three Semesters (Minimum)

(b) Master’s Degree (Full-Time) – Three Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) – Five Semesters (Minimum)

(c) Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) (Full-Time) – Six Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) – Eight Semesters (Minimum)

REGISTRATION

Successful candidates are expected to register their postgraduate courses immediately after they are offered admission at the commencement of the session.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

On payment of non-refundable Application Form fee of fifteen thousand naira (N15,000.00) only, using an invoice generated using the link below at any Commercial Bank within the Country, candidates can download and complete the online Application Form.

CLICK HERE TO GENERATE INVOICE AND BEGIN REGISTRATION

SUBMISSION OF REFEREE REPORTS

Candidates should also download the online Referee report forms and submit to their Referees (three Referees) one of who should be their former Head of Department. The Referee report forms after being filled-in by the Referees should be received back in sealed envelopes (addressed to The Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State) by the candidates and enclosed alongside other documents in the application package. Kindly note that applications are not complete and would not be processed unless the Referee reports are available.

FORWARDING OF ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS

Candidates should download academic transcript request slips provided online, and submit same to their Universities/Institutions requesting them to forward a copy of their last academic transcripts to “The Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State”, attaching the transcript request slip. This must reach him/her not later than one week from the deadline for sale of Application Forms. Candidates, whose transcripts are not received after the stipulated time by the School, would not have their application forms processed.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS

Completed Application Forms with the relevant documents should be posted or delivered in an envelope marked “PG Admission” to the undersigned. The following documents are required to be enclosed with the Application Forms/Referee reports in a file jacket and then placed in a 10” x 15” size brown envelope before submission;
(a) NYSC certificates (Discharge or Exemption or Exclusion certificate)
(b) All educational credentials
(c) L.G.A. letter of identification
(d) Birth certificate
(e) Evidence of payment of Application Form fee

Submissions should be addressed to:

The Secretary,
School of Postgraduate Studies,
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike,
PMB 1010, Abakaliki,
Ebonyi State.

CLOSING DATE
Sale of online Application Forms will close two months from the date of publication of this advert i.e. 2nd October to midnight, 30th November, 2018.

IMPORTANT NOTE
All applicants shall undergo computer-based postgraduate admission screening test, date of which will be communicated to all applicants via sms.

CLICK HERE TO BEGIN REGISTRATION

ODISA C. OKEKE (MRS)
Registrar

The Government of Germany has promised to establish a closer relationship with Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, as part of its vision of building functional collaborations with Nigerian Universities.
The hint was dropped recently by the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Benhard Schlageck when he received in audience a team from the University led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba at the German embassy, Abuja.

Ambassador Schlageck who said that AE-FUNAI was a serious University, was delighted to have the Vice Chancellor and his team at the embassy. He noted that it was important to establish working relationships with universities in Nigeria, especially AE-FUNAI reputed for its serious academic activities.
He further assured the support of the German Government to the University in ensuring that it is one of the beneficiaries of its off-grid solar power station and promised also to support the teaching, learning and enhancement of German language Programme in the institution.

Earlier while making his remarks, , the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba stated that the reason for the visit was to seek closer ties and collaboration with Germany and it’s universities, and expressed his happiness for the warm reception accorded them at the embassy.
He pointed out some areas of interest to include exchange programmes for the training of students and staff, research, stressing that the university currently has an existing Memorandum of Understanding with some other countries including France.

He also called on the envoy to support the University in its drive to promote the German language, adding that it is a programme of study approved to be run in the University.

The Vice-Chancellor further shared his vision of building a university in a garden through his campus-green initiative which is meant to make the institution the most beautiful and eco-friendly campus in Nigeria, and solicited the help of the German Government to build a solar energy grid to provide uninterrupted electricity to the University.
He further used the opportunity to invite the envoy to the university in 2019 to enable him have a firsthand knowledge of the much-talked about institution.


Speaking also during the visit, the Director, Centre for Development Assistance Management, Partnership and Training, Mr. Chris Uwadoka said he admired the German unique working culture and method which have set the country on high. He pointed out to the ambassador the need to support the University in areas of facilities and equipment to solidify the teaching and learning of German language, sciences and promotion of research in the university.

The Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba said the University was committed to training and retraining of its staff in order to have a critical mass of globally-competitive, competent and knowledgeable people that would drive the university’s vision of becoming a world-class centre of learning and research.
The Vice-Chancellor made this known recently when he inaugurated the Frontline Liaison Officers drawn from all administrative and academic departments of the university, established by the Centre for Human Resource Development with the responsibility of identifying the skill and knowledge-gaps and training needs of staff and ensuring that the gaps were bridged through well-tailored capacity building programmes.


While speaking at the event which took place at the mini auditorium, Needs Assessment Building, Professor Nwajiuba noted with enthusiasm the noble initiatives and blueprints of the Centre aimed at improving work-related capacities of staff, stressing that the most important resource at the disposal of the University to drive its academic vision were its staff.
He maintained that the Centre for Human Resource Development was a necessity because most of the institution’s employees were fresh graduates with little or no cognate experience in the University system, and urged the staff to ensure they carry out their official responsibilities with zeal in order to excel in their chosen careers.
“You have to do your job with zeal because sweet from sweat endures, as a part of our University song said
“It is never too late to learn. There are so much you can do to improve yourself, and with that you take your place among the stars”, he stated.


The Vice-Chancellor also used the opportunity to charge staff to ensure they properly define their roles in the University in order to be able to perform it creditably well, adding that working in a university environment was quite different from working as civil servants in government ministries.

He further stressed the importance of attitude in the performance of staff and urged them to have a change of attitude, while also calling on the Frontline Liaison Officers to be conscious of the assignment they have been chosen to do.
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Director, Centre for Human Resource Development, Dr. Onyebuchi Chima, noted that his mission was to revitalize the Centre, adding that the human resource drives the vision of any organization.
He maintained that the Centre was set out to achieve its objective using the bottom-up approach, hence the need to establish the Frontline Liaison Officers with members drawn from all the Units in the University.
He further explained that the Centre has collected, collated and analysed the staff training needs, stressing that they would develop capacity building programmes to bridge the inherent skill-gaps in order to have competent and knowledgeable staff with the right attitude to add value to the University.

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Stakeholders in the Agriculture sector of the economy have called for total transformation of the National Food Systems in order to prevent hunger and arrest incidence of poverty in Nigeria.
They made the call recently during the 2nd International Conference hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi Sate, with the theme, “Transforming National Food Systems to Prevent Hunger” as part of their Food Security and Hidden Hunger series.

While delivering the keynote speech, the Deputy Director-General, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr. Kenton Daschiell, noted that it was possible to achieve zero hunger in Nigeria if the right systems were put in place. He also opined that zero Hunger would be attained in Nigeria when farmers grow what they eat and eat what they grow.

He further revealed that series of meetings have been held by the Zero Hunger Forum championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Benue, Borno and Ebonyi states, adding that these interactions have led to increased results in food production and extensive agricultural produce.


Dr. Daschiell also stated that Nigeria has done well in achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals by providing nutritional food that reduces infant mortality among primary school pupils, bio-control products containing beneficial fungi that reduce afflation concentrations in groundnut and maize by 99% compared to untreated crops and increased growth opportunity for cassava products in the food sector. He further acknowledged that Nigeria has an enormous potential for industrialization through cassava processing.
He however pointed out some of the major bottlenecks that Nigerians were encountering in food production to include high production cost due to low yield, leading to lack of global competitiveness and lack of good road network and new technologies. And stated that for agricultural sector to close the yield-gap in produce they must involve new technologies and increase cassava competitiveness to fight hidden hunger in Nigeria.
Earlier while declaring the conference open, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba expressed satisfaction on the academic trajectory being charted by the Faculty of Agriculture of the University, adding that they have made the institution proud by being practical-oriented in the delivery of their academic brief and thereby enhancing food production.


He stressed that transforming national food system demands SMART policymaking and programme formulation which was the reason for the annual conference on Food Security and Hidden Hunger in the University. He advised the Government to think-out-of-the-box in order to identify new ways the country should go so that it would not be stocked in the 17th century policy model.
The Vice-Chancellor assured that students of the University would be trained to be productive, employable and employers of labour in the Agricultural sector, particularly now that there is a global effort to build a resilient and sustainable food systems for securing a healthy future for everyone.
Also speaking at the event, the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee, Professor Dr. Johnny Ogunji, said that hunger may not only be evident in the quantity of food eaten; as you may eat a lot but still derive nothing from it. He stressed that the food sector has undergone rapid but unsustainable changes in the last few decades leading to changes in the food eaten, processed and marketed, which has led to high incidence of diseases such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension and different degrees of malnutrition among the people. He therefore advised the Nigeria Government to ensure the country makes progress in Agriculture in order to end all forms of malnutrition and make food systems more sustainable.

While welcoming the participants, the Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Christiana Igberi said the University has taken the lead in the transformation of the Agricultural sector by creating several hotspots for capacity building, innovative approach and incorporating the indigenous knowledge and local content for adaptability in order to realize the stated goals. She informed the participants that the faculty has embarked on the production of cucumber, maize, pepper, tomatoes and other vegetables through its farm, which has been scientifically tested as safe product though not yet in commercial quantity due to lack of land.
She maintained that every student was meant to engage in practical agricultural activities to complement the theories learnt in class in pursuance of their vision to proffer solution to the alarming food insecurity in the country.
The highlight of the conference which was chaired by the Director of International Cooperation, Babcok University, Professor Cyril Nwagbuika includes displaying of some agricultural produce such as packaged cassava flour, packaged ‘fufu’, cucumber and others from the University Farm.

The Postgraduate Scholarship Collaboration entered into by Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State with the French Government in 2016 has continued to yield high dividends as another set of staff from the institution recently departed for France to pursue their postgraduate studies in different fields.
Presenting the staff to the Vice-Chancellor in his office yesterday, the Director of AE-FUNAI/French Collaboration, Dr. Nnenna Nwosu-Nworuh, noted that three staff were the latest beneficiaries of the partnership the University has with the French Government, adding that they were set to leave for France immediately.

She explained that so far, the collaboration has provided international scholarships to 26 academic staff of the University in various Ivy League French Universities.

The latest beneficiaries of the scholarship include Mr. Ogbu Ikechukwu Martin who is going for his Ph.D. in Organic chemistry in the University of Boudreaux, Mrs. Udu-ituma Sandra Oluchi for M.Sc. in Canceology in Aix Marseille University and Miss Victoria Ogbusu for M.Sc. in Business Law in Aix Marseille University.
While receiving them in his office, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Chinedum Nwajiuba urged them to be worthy ambassadors of the University in their various institutions.

He admonished them to utilize the rare opportunity presented by the Partnership and ensure they perform excellently well in their academics in order to pave way for other staff in future. He further stressed the importance of work ethics, positive attitude and open-mindedness in academic success, charging them to eschew all academic vices.
“It is all about hard work, delivery, ethics and character”, he said.
He further noted that it was their competence, knowledge, attitude and ability to stand-out that would earn them the respect of their colleagues, supervisors and others while they were in abroad.

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, has benefited from the Corporate Social Responsibility of Sir Emeka Offor Foundation as it recently received bags of international books from the philanthropic non-governmental organization.
While presenting the books to the University and 42 other tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Coordinator of the Foundation, Hon. Sir Tony Obi, noted that the organization in collaboration with a United States based institution, Books for Africa, was carrying out a supplementary book distribution to tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

“Today the Foundation is carrying out a supplementary book distribution to tertiary institutions in Nigeria and about 43 institutions are benefiting from the scheme, he noted.
He explained that the Foundation was about education enhancement, adding that since 2013 when it came on stream, the organization has donated books to about 120 institutions in Nigeria.
Speaking earlier, the President of the Foundation, Sir Emeka Offor explained that the greatest resource at the disposal of government to champion the development of Nigeria is human capital. He however decried the inability of the government to harness this all-important resource and make it work for the country’s development.


The President of the Foundation who was represented by Dr. Steve Dike, a Director in the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company maintained that the Foundation was committed to education at all levels, which made them to embark on donation of books and other library materials to educational institutions in Nigeria.

He further maintained that the Foundation was interested in building alliances with universities in Nigeria in order to get the country’s education system back on track, stating that the credibility of academics in Nigeria has been eroded and needs to be taken back to the basics.


Expressing his gratitude to the Foundation for the largesse, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, noted that the books would be properly used for the benefits of students and other library users. He also extolled the President of the Foundation for his philanthropic gestures across the country.
The Vice-Chancellor further admonished the youths to take their education seriously, decrying the prevalent academic laxity among the Nigerian students.

I am directed to inform you that limited vacancies for admission exist in the following programmes;

Faculty of Agriculture
Agric – Economics and Extension ii. Crop Science iii. Animal Science iv. Agri Business Management v. Soil Science vi. Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Faculty of Education
Education Management ii. Guidance and Counseling iii. Physical and Health Education iv. Education Physics v. Education Mathematics vi. Education Chemistry vii. Education Biology
Faculty of Science
Biology ii. Applied Geophysics iii. Physics iv. Statistics v. Geology vi. Chemistry vii. Mathematics
Faculty Humanities
Music ii. Fine & Applied Arts iii. French iv. Religion v. Theatre Arts


Method of Application

Interested candidates are hereby advised to apply to the Vice Chancellor for any of the above-mentioned programmes. The application should include photocopies of candidates’ JAMB and PUTME result slips alongside their O’ level results.



Eligibility

Candidates must have scored 180 and above both in the UTME and PUTME but were not offered admission. However, those who did not choose the university as first choice should effect a change of institution to AE-FUNAI on the JAMB portal. Also, those going for any of these new courses should effect a change of course on the JAMB portal.



Deadline for submission of applications

All applications should be submitted in the Office of the AE-FUNAI Public Relations Officer (PRO), 3rd floor, Administrative block, permanent site on or before 12 noon, Wednesday, 10th October, 2018.



NOTE: Any candidate who is offered admission into the university through this supplementary application shall not be permitted under any circumstance to request for a change of course in future. Candidates should be guided by the provisions in the JAMB brochure with particular reference to the UTME subject combinations and SSCE requirements.



Thank you.



Noble O. Onukwue

DR/HoU, Academic Affairs/Admission

For: Registrar

AE-FUNAI ADVERT FOR THE 2018/2019 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the postgraduate programmes of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State, leading to the award of Postgraduate Diplomas and Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in various areas of specialization indicated below, according to the Departments/Faculties for the 2018/2019 academic session:

1. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

• Department of Physiology:
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Physiology

• Department of Anatomy:
PGD Programmes
(i) Anatomy
(ii) Biochemistry

2. FACULTY OF SCIENCE

• . Department of Mathematics/Computer Science/Statistics/Informatics:
PGD, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Computer Science
(ii) Statistics

• . Department of Physics/Geology/Geophysics:
PGD Programmes
(i) Geology
(ii) Physics
(iii) Geophysical Instrumentation

M.Sc. Programmes
(i) Hydrogeology
(ii) Engineering Geology
(iii) Mineral Exploration
(iv)Petroleum Geology


Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Hydrogeology
(ii) Engineering Geology
(iii) Petroleum Geology

• Department of Biology/Microbiology/Biotechnology:
PGD Programmes
(i) Biology
(ii) Medical Parasitology
(iii) Biotechnology
(iv) Medical Microbiology

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
(i) Food and Agricultural Biotechnology
(ii) Industrial Biotechnology
(iii) Medical Biotechnology
(iv) Environmental Biotechnology

3. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
PGD Programmes

• Department of Accountancy/Business Administration/Banking and Finance:
(i) Accountancy
(ii) Business Administration

• Department of Economics and Development Studies:
(i) Economics and Development Studies

• Department of Sociology/Psychology/Criminology and Security Studies:
(i) Sociology
(ii) Psychology
(iii) Criminology and Security Studies

• Department of Political Science/Mass Communication:
(i) Mass Communication

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
(i) Candidates for admission into any postgraduate programme of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State must have obtained at least five (5) credits at not more than two sittings in WASC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB including English Language. In addition, candidates seeking admission into the Faculties of Science; Basic Medical Sciences; and Management and Social Sciences must have a credit pass in Mathematics. Candidates shall also possess the minimum entry requirements for admission into the postgraduate programmes in their respective Departments.

(ii) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who also possess the above qualifications are eligible to apply.





SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

A. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained a Bachelor Degree with at least a Third Class Honours.
(ii) Holders of HND at Upper or Lower Credit level passes or its equivalent in relevant areas.
(iii) Candidates who hold qualifications other than the ones mentioned above which are acceptable to the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Senate of the University, may also be considered for admission.

B. MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained the Bachelor’s Degree in relevant disciplines with at least a Second Class Honours with not less than 3.0 CGPA on a 5-point scale and 2.4 on a 4-point scale.
(ii) Candidates with relevant Postgraduate Diplomas from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate with at least credit level passes with a minimum of 3.5 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.0 on 4-point scale.
(iii) Candidates whose First Degrees are unclassified but have at least 60% average score (B level).

B. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Candidates from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ikwo or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained Master’s Degree that is appropriate for the proposed field/s of study shall qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.
(ii) Candidates must possess minimum of 4.0 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.2 on a 4-point scale in their Master’s Degrees. Candidates who possess at least a B level (60% average score) at Master’s Degree provided that research work formed part of the Master’s Degree programme shall also qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.

DURATION OF PROGRAMMES

(a) Postgraduate Diploma (Full-Time) - Two Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) - Three Semesters (Minimum)

(b) Master’s Degree (Full-Time) - Three Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) - Five Semesters (Minimum)

(c) Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) (Full-Time) - Six Semesters (Minimum)
(Part-Time) - Eight Semesters (Minimum)



REGISTRATION
Successful candidates are expected to register their postgraduate courses immediately after they are offered admission at the commencement of the session.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
On payment of non-refundable Application Form fee of fifteen thousand naira (N15,000.00) only, made payable to “Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State” at any Commercial Bank within the Country using the Remita platform, candidates can download and complete the online Application Form by logging on to www.funai.edu.ng

SUBMISSION OF REFEREE REPORTS
Candidates should also download the online Referee report forms and submit to their Referees (three Referees) one of who should be their former Head of Department. The Referee report forms after being filled-in by the Referees should be received back in sealed envelopes (addressed to The Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State) by the candidates and enclosed alongside other documents in the application package. Kindly note that applications are not complete and would not be processed unless the Referee reports are available.

FORWARDING OF ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS
Candidates should download academic transcript request slips provided online, and submit same to their Universities/Institutions requesting them to forward a copy of their last academic transcripts to “The Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State”, attaching the transcript request slip. This must reach him/her not later than one week from the deadline for sale of Application Forms. Candidates, whose transcripts are not received after the stipulated time by the School, would not have their application forms processed.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS
Completed Application Forms with the relevant documents should be posted or delivered in an envelope marked “PG Admission” to the undersigned. The following documents are required to be enclosed with the Application Forms/Referee reports in a file jacket and then placed in a 10” x 15” size brown envelope before submission;
(a) NYSC certificates (Discharge or Exemption or Exclusion certificate)
(b) All educational credentials
(c) L.G.A. letter of identification
(d) Birth certificate
(e) Evidence of payment of Application Form fee


Submissions should be addressed to:
The Secretary,
School of Postgraduate Studies,
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike,
PMB 1010, Abakaliki,
Ebonyi State.

CLOSING DATE
Sale of online Application Forms will close two months from the date of publication of this advert i.e. 2nd October to midnight, 30th November, 2018.
IMPORTANT NOTE
All applicants shall undergo computer-based postgraduate admission screening test, date of which will be communicated to all applicants via sms.

ODISA C. OKEKE (MRS)
Registrar


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AE-FUNAI VC COMMISSIONS GUEST HOUSE BUILT BY PARENTS’ FORUM
In a bid to develop a virtual campus community where staff and students live, work, learn and interact together, the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, yesterday, inaugurated the Vice- Chancellor’s guest house constructed by the AE-FUNAI Parents’ Forum.
The AE-FUNAI Parents’ Forum is an umbrella body of parents and guardians of students of the University established in 2016. The Forum is a child of necessity geared towards bridging the palpable infrastructural gaps evident in the institution, which also have some adverse effect on the academic performance of students.


On assumption of office in February 2016, the Vice-Chancellor after diagnostic review of the infrastructural and security challenges facing the institution had elicited the support of parents and guardians of the students to assuage some of the developmental challenges. Since then, the Forum has become a worthy developmental partner, helping to provide lecture seats and important laboratory equipment, perimeter fencing and construction of staff quarters as well as the just-completed Vice-Chancellor’s guest house. In effecting these notable developmental strides in the University, the Forum on their own decided that fresh and returning students would pay a development levy of N50, 000 and N5, 000 respectively. It is through this pool of fund, which is solely managed by them, that the association provides succor to the University.

The major beneficiaries of AE-FUNAI Parents’ Forum interventions are the students who now have conducive lecture seats unlike when they had to learn and write examinations, sitting on blocks. The ongoing perimeter fencing of the University where the engineering students are garnering hands-on experiences and industrial exposures was to ensure the security of lives and property on campus and prevent the menace of intruders who might put the lives of students in danger. Also, the construction of staff quarters would ensure that most staff live on campus and thus provide the needed ‘parental protection’ for students who were hitherto left alone when staff leave the campus after close of work each day. The Vice-Chancellor has continued to emphasize the culture of “in loco parentis”, where students are seen and treated as ‘sons and daughters’, not just mere students.

While inaugurating the project, the Vice-Chancellor stated that he came to the University with the sole purpose of building it and would not relent in that regard, adding that though his time was limited he would not rest on his oars until the University becomes one of the best in the country.

He urged everyone not to relent but to continue to work with him towards the development of the University for a better learning community, stressing that though the University has no money, yet it must be developed without losing the acceptable moral standard.
“We are making progress and history will remember all our various contributions towards the development of the University
“Developing this University is urgent. We do not have the money but we must find ways to do it.”
The Vice-Chancellor further praised the AE-FUNAI Parents’ Forum for their thoughtfulness and forthrightness in supporting the University through their various intervention projects and called on all stakeholders to support the activities of the Forum instead of trying to sabotage it.

In a bid to groom students with the practical experience to make appreciable impact on the global economy on graduation, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, yesterday, launched its radio station, 104.7 AE-FUNAI FM.
Speaking during a test-broadcast to the University community, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba noted that the radio station was established to inform and educate members of the university community and its environs, train students of the University in particular, in modern broadcasting, stressing that students of Mass Communication would be the main beneficiaries of the station as it would be used for their hands-on training.


He also explained that as part of the University’s Corporate Social Responsibility, the station would broadcast daily news on Agricultural Extension Services in order to help members of the University host community, especially farmers to improve their businesses. He maintained that the radio station would boost the economy of its host community by developing and broadcasting programmes that are of great benefit to them, adding that it would serve the communities within and around the University.

The Vice-Chancellor further thanked the Zanders Foundation for donating the broadcast equipment being used in the station, promising that the station will in no distant time get its broadcasting license.
While speaking on the rationale for supporting the University, the Chairman of Zanders Foundation, High Chief Kenneth Zanders stated that zanders foundation is a non-governmental organization created to promote the broadcast media in Nigeria. He explained that the donation of the equipment for the establishment of the radio station was in support of the good works of the Vice-Chancellor, and called on the Organized Private Sector to take advantage of the opportunities in the University to invest in mutual benefiting areas.

Chairman, Committee for the establishment of AE-FUNAI Radio, Professor Dennis Akor, VC, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba and donor of the broadcasting equipment, High Chief Kenneth Zanders during the commissioning ceremony
He further assured that the station would receive National Broadcasting Commission’s operational license, adding that it will be powered through solar system in order to promote green energy in the University. He also explained that the station would be available on mobile app to ensure easy dissemination of information to listeners in any part of the world.

Expressing delight on the actualization of the project, the Chairman of the Committee for the establishment of the AE-FUNAI Radio, Professor Dennis Akor, noted that the broadcast equipment were donated two years ago, however the university needed to meet certain requirements for the establishment of a radio station before it could be commissioned. He stated that besides serving the University community, it would also be used to teach students the practical aspect of broadcasting.

The commissioning of the project was another milestone in the administration of Professor Nwajiuba, who has maintained that he was in a hurry to develop the University and make it a reference point in the comity of revered Universities in Nigeria and beyond

EXTENSION OF APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO THE ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE’s CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (JUPEB AND PRE-DEGREE PROGRAMMES), 2018/2019 SESSION

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates into the AE-FUNAI Centre for Educational Services (AE-FUNAI CES) for admission into a non-resident JUPEB and Pre-Degree programmes of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State. The Pre-degree programme is designed to prepare candidates for admission into degree programmes in all disciplines of the University while the JUPEB programme is a 10-month intensive coaching designed to prepare candidates for direct entry admission into the 200-level of departments of candidates’ choices in AE-FUNAI and the over 60 universities in Nigeria and abroad affiliated to the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB). AE-FUNAI has successfully run these programmes since 2014 and has gained acclamation for that, nationally.

ELIGIBILITY
Candidates for the programmes must possess a minimum of five (5) credits in five (5) relevant subjects (including English Language and Mathematics) at a maximum of two sittings.

DURATION
The JUPEB programme normally runs for two (2) semesters within about ten (10) calendar months.

The AE-FUNAI’s Centre for Educational Services (AE-FUNAI CES) will prepare candidates for admission into Bachelors’ degree programmes in the following Faculties:

AGRICULTURE 1. Agribusiness Management
2. Agricultural Economics & Extension
3. Animal Science
4. Crop Science
5. Soil Science
6. Fisheries and Aquaculture
BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 1. Anatomy
2. Physiology


EDUCATION 1. Biology Education
2. Business Education
3. Chemistry Education
4. English and Literary Studies Education
5. Mathematics Education
6. Physical & Health Education
7. Physics Education
8. Vocational &Technical Education
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 1. Chemical Engineering
2. Civil Engineering
3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
4. Mechanical Engineering
HUMANITIES 1. English and Literary Studies
2. French
3. History & Strategic Studies
4. Linguistics/Igbo
5. Music
6. Philosophy
7. Theatre Arts
8. Fine & Applied Arts
MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 1. Accounting
2. Business Administration
3. Economics and Development Studies
4. Political Science
5. Psychology
6. Sociology
7. Criminology & Security Studies
8. Mass Communication
SCIENCE 1. Applied Geophysics
2. Biochemistry
3. Biotechnology
4. Biology
5. Chemistry
6. Computer Science
7. Geology
8. Mathematics
9. Microbiology
10. Physics
11. Statistics

More information on subject combinations for the JUPEB and Pre-Degree programmes can be found on our ePortal (http://www.ces.funai.edu.ng/programmes).

APPLICATION FEE: Ten thousand Naira (N10, 000. 00) only.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
1. Visit the AE-FUNAI CES ePortal (www.ces.funai.edu.ng). On the menu bar, click on ePortal, and select “Start Online Application” from the drop-down menu. You will be required to supply your email address and other required information in order to start your online application.
2. After creating an Account, login in with your Application No. and Password and follow the necessary processes to capture your personal information.
3. Generate your Remita Retrieval Number (RRN) for payment. Instructions on how to generate your RRN will be automatically displayed on the payment page on your browser. Please read carefully and note that your RRN MUST BE ACTIVATED on our ePortal before payment is made.
4. After payment, a 16-digit PIN will be sent to your Mobile Phone to enable you complete all remaining and necessary sections of your Online Application.
5. Ensure that all sections of your application form are correctly filled, and click on “Complete Application” to submit your application to our online server. Our server shall acknowledge receipt of your form by sending an SMS to your Mobile Phone. Print two coloured copies of your Application Form.

GENERAL INFORMATION
a) Applicants into 2018/2019 preliminary programme are advised to check the AE-FUNAI CES website (www.ces.funai.edu.ng) for other relevant information.
b) Applicants must provide a recent coloured passport photograph (taken not earlier than 3 months before time of application) with a white background. Selfies, blurred and webcam photos are strictly prohibited. Applicants who upload wrong bio-data and credentials will be disqualified and shall forfeit their application fee.
c) Applicants are to report to the AE-FUNAI Centre for Educational Services for Registration and Screening, ONLY when they have received an Invitation (through email) and Admission Letter approved by the Director. Applicants are hereby advised to use valid e-mail addresses and PERSONAL telephone numbers.
d) Applicants are advised to follow the application instructions carefully and ensure they follow the stipulated guidelines. Failure to do so may adversely affect the candidate. For application related enquiries, please see detailed Candidate Guide at www.ces.funai.edu.ng/guide-for-candidates or contact the Webmaster via webmaster@ces.funai.edu.ng.

DISCLAIMER
Please note that AE-FUNAI HAS NOT AUTHORIZED any person(s) or agent(s), whether corporate or individual, to sell application forms on its behalf. Application is strictly online and is to be made only on the AE-FUNAI CES ePortal (www.ces.funai.edu.ng).

FURTHER ENQUIRIES
All enquiries are to be made to the Director, Centre for Educational Services. Contacts: 08038891332, 07035232317, 08067754836. (Please call during office hours only, 8am-5pm).
E-mail: info@ces.funai.edu.ng

CLOSING DATE
Submission of online forms will close on 31st October, 2018 at 11.59 pm.


Signed
Odisa C. Okeke (Mrs.)
Registrar

EBONYI STATE GOVERNOR DONATES N40M FOR AE-FUNAI CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi has donated N40 Million for the construction of a Civil Engineering Workshop in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alikre, Ebonyi State.
The donation was a fulfillment of his promise in 2015, when the first Governing Council of the University led by Chief Engr. Anayo Onwuegbu paid him a courtesy call. The governor while receiving the Council, had advised the University to establish a Faculty of Engineering and Technology, and pledged a take-off capital of N40 million.
Presenting the cheque to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba at his office recently, the Governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Barr Samuel Okoronkwo, accompanied by the Commissioner of Education Rt. Hon. Sabinus Nwankwegu, Accountant General of the State, Mrs. Queen Agwu and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Higher Education, Professor Adaeze Nwuzor, noted that the fulfillment of the pledge was a testament of the Governor’s commitment to the promotion of quality education in the State.

He explained that the State Government would continue to support the University to attain higher academic heights, and used the opportunity to express his satisfaction on the infrastructural renaissance being witnessed in the University since the advent of the Vice-Chancellor in the helm of affairs.

While expressing his gratitude to the Governor for living up to his words, the Vice-Chancellor noted that the idea of establishing the Faculty of Engineering and Technology in the University was first mooted by the Governor in 2015, adding that it was the catalyst for the eventual take-off of the Faculty in 2016.

The Vice-Chancellor stressed the commitment of the University towards running practical-oriented engineering programmes geared towards ensuring that students acquire relevant functional knowledge to be globally competitive on graduation. He also used the opportunity to call on other individuals and private organizations within and outside the State to support the realization of the vision of the University to become a world-class Centre of learning and research.
As a show of appreciation, the Vice-Chancellor directed that the opening statement of the University Academic Brief should state that it was the Governor that encouraged the University to establish the Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State is to partner with Clausthal Research Center for Environmental Technologies (CUTEC), Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, to build the capacities of the institution’s Engineering students through periodic students’ exchange industrial experiences.
This was revealed recently when the Manager, International Operations of the research centre, Professor Dr. Theodore Onyeche and his colleague, Miss Ann Dirkling, visited the University.

“We want to open-up a relationship with your University that will enable engineering students who want to have industrial practical experiences to come to Germany for few months”, he noted.

He advised the University to ensure that its Faculty of Engineering and Technology has close relationship with relevant industries in order to know what they want and also ensure the industrial training of its students.

While welcoming the visitors, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, noted that the University was interested in establishing a close relationship with the German system, adding that the Germans were known for their hard work, diligence and never-say-die attitude which have made them to excel economically. And maintained that Nigeria need to emulate and adopt the system in order to make meaningful economic progress.

He further noted that though the University is young, yet it was geared towards justifying the reason for its establishment, stressing that the engineering students were being made to acquire hands-on experience as they go through their studies.
“We are a very young University, yet we have to justify the reason for our establishment”, he stated.
This partnership is coming at a time the University, through its insistence on globally-accepted academic standard, has established fruitful collaborations with notable world institutions like the French Government. In fact, in the last two and a half years, the University has become a pride destination for students in need of quality education and organizations in search of worthwhile and fruitful partnerships.

EXTENSION OF 2018/2019 APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY ADMISSION INTO ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE
This is to inform the general public, especially candidates that sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that registration for the on-going supplementary admission into the University has been extended to Friday 21st, September, 2018 and it closes by midnight.

Screening test for registered candidates will take place on Tuesday, 25th and Wednesday, 26th September, 2018 at the University Computer-based Test (CBT) Center.

Registered candidates should visit the portal from Wednesday, 19th September, 2018 to reprint their acknowledgement slip to ascertain their particular date and time of screening.

Note that vacancies for supplementary admission exist in the under-listed programmes only:

Faculty of Agriculture (370)
Agriculture (Agric-Business & Management, Agricultural Economics & Extension, Animal Science, Crop Science and Soil Science)
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Anatomy (17)
Physiology (18)
Faculty of Education
Biology Education (49)
Business Administration Education (60)
Chemistry Education (56)
Education Management (29)
English and Literary Studies Education (4)
Guidance and Counseling Education (29)
Mathematics Education (33)
Physical and Health Education (39)
Physics Education (43)
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Chemical Engineering (49)
Civil Engineering (27)
Electrical/Electronic Engineering (28)
Mechanical Engineering (21)
Mechatronic Engineering (21)
Faculty of Humanities
English and Literary Studies (25)
Fine & Applied Arts (10)
French (34)
History and Strategic Studies (1)
Music (14)
Philosophy (41)
Religion (54)
Theatre Arts (66)
Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Banking and Finance (35)
Mass Communication (63)
Sociology (25)
Faculty of Science
Biology (32)
Biotechnology (26)
Chemistry (26)
Geology (26)
Geophysics (28)
Mathematics (17)
Microbiology (31)
Physics (36)
Statistics (30)
ELIGIBILITY

Interested candidates must have scored 180 and above in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
All candidates can apply whether he/she had chosen the university as first or second choice or not at all in the 2018 UTME. However, those who did not choose the university as first choice should effect a change of institution to AE-FUNAI on the JAMB portal. Also, those going for new courses should effect a change of course on the JAMB portal.
Candidates who sat for the 2018 AE-FUNAI Post–UTME Screening Exercise and scored below 180 may re-apply and can opt to change their initial course on JAMB portal. All such candidates shall be required to participate in a fresh Post-UTME Screening test.
Candidates who scored 180 and above in the 2018 AE-FUNAI Post-UTME Screening Exercise but are yet to be offered admission in their initial courses can also reapply for any of the advertised courses. This set of candidates may choose not to retake the upcoming Post-UTME Screening test. This should be indicated while completing the P-UTME online application form
METHOD OF APPLICATION

Registration starts on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 and ends on Sunday, September, 16, 2018.

Mode of Payment/Registration

Interested candidates are required to pay a processing fee of N2, 000 only. To register, follow the steps outlined below:

Visit the University website: www.funai.edu.ng, go to News, Click on 2018/2019 Supplementary Admission Screening
Click on “Prospective Students”
Click on “Click to Apply” under 2018/2019 Supplementary Admission Screening Application
Enter your “JAMB Registration Number”
Select your payment mode (Generate Remita Retrieval Reference Number).
Proceed to any bank for your payment with your Remita number.
Return to the Application page and enter your “JAMB Registration Number” again.
Proceed with the completion of the form.
Upload CLEAR COPY of recent passport photograph
Confirm your entries.
Submit your application.
Print out your acknowledgement slip.
And come with it for the Post-UTME Test.
DATE FOR SCREENING TEST: The Screening test will take place on 25th and 26th September, 2018. Successfully registered candidates should go back to the registration portal from Wednesday, September 19, 2018 and reprint their acknowledgement slip to ascertain their particular date and time of screening.

TEST REQUIREMENTS

Candidates are required to come with the following items:

Registration print-out acknowledgement slip from the University website, which should indicate their date and time of test
2. 2018/2019 Original UTME Result slip (not photocopy) showing candidate’s picture and score
3. A biro or pencil
NOTE: Any candidate who is offered admission into the university through the supplementary application shall not be permitted under any circumstance to request for a change of course in future. Candidates should be guided by the provisions in the JAMB brochure with particular reference to the UTME subject combinations and SSCE requirements.

For further enquiries, please contact these hotlines: 07031810065, 09028982664 and 08067558863



Signed:

Odisa C. Okeke (Mrs.)

Registrar

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State won 31 medals at the just concluded maiden edition of DUMTIGA Games held from September 8 to 15,, 2018 at the Pa. Ngele Oruta Township stadium, AbakalikI, Ebonyi State.
The competition which was sponsored by the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi involved students of tertiary institutions in the state, including the members of the National Youth Service Corps, serving in the state.

At the end of the one week competition, the University came second, with 13 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze medals, behind National Youth Service Corps, Ebonyi State that won 14 gold medals.

The gold medals were won by Cynthia Nwogbo, Comfort Ukangwobia, Linda Chidimma, Odinkpo Chioma, Linda Chidimma, Justice Imoh, Onwe ThankGod, Onele Chibuike, Peter Ukeme, Chime Chidinma, Eneh David and Emole Ifeanyi as well as the male football team. The events were the gold medals were won are taekwondo, long jump, shot put, chess, discuss, tennis, 1, 500 meters, 800 meters scrabble and football.

Receiving the trophy at his office yesterday, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, thanked the AE-FUNAI Sports team, for making the University proud in the competition, adding that as from next academic session, the students would be more exposed to sporting activities.
He maintained that the University was prepared to groom balanced and well-rounded students who would not only be academically sound but also possess the capacity to excel in other life-rewarding activities such as sport.

This is to inform the general public, especially candidates that sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that registration for the on-going supplementary admission into the University has been extended to Sunday, 16th September, 2018.

Screening test for registered candidates will take place on Tuesday, 25th and Wednesday, 26th September, 2018 at the University Computer-based Test (CBT) Center.

Registered candidates should visit the portal from Wednesday, 19th September, 2018 to reprint their acknowledgement slip to ascertain their particular date and time of screening.

Note that vacancies for supplementary admission exist in the under-listed programmes only:

Faculty of Agriculture (370)

Agriculture (Agric-Business & Management, Agricultural Economics & Extension, Animal Science, Crop Science and Soil Science)
Fisheries and Aquaculture

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

Anatomy (17)
Physiology (18)

Faculty of Education

Biology Education (49)
Business Administration Education (60)
Chemistry Education (56)
Education Management (29)
English and Literary Studies Education (4)
Guidance and Counseling Education (29)
Mathematics Education (33)
Physical and Health Education (39)
Physics Education (43)

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Chemical Engineering (49)
Civil Engineering (27)
Electrical/Electronic Engineering (28)
Mechanical Engineering (21)
Mechatronic Engineering (21)

Faculty of Humanities

English and Literary Studies (25)
Fine & Applied Arts (10)
French (34)
History and Strategic Studies (1)
Music (14)
Philosophy (41)
Religion (54)
Theatre Arts (66)

Faculty of Management and Social Sciences

Banking and Finance (35)
Mass Communication (63)
Sociology (25)

Faculty of Science

Biology (32)
Biotechnology (26)
Chemistry (26)
Geology (26)
Geophysics (28)
Mathematics (17)
Microbiology (31)
Physics (36)
Statistics (30)

ELIGIBILITY

Interested candidates must have scored 180 and above in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
All candidates can apply whether he/she had chosen the university as first or second choice or not at all in the 2018 UTME. However, those who did not choose the university as first choice should effect a change of institution to AE-FUNAI on the JAMB portal. Also, those going for new courses should effect a change of course on the JAMB portal.
Candidates who sat for the 2018 AE-FUNAI Post–UTME Screening Exercise and scored below 180 may re-apply and can opt to change their initial course on JAMB portal. All such candidates shall be required to participate in a fresh Post-UTME Screening test.
Candidates who scored 180 and above in the 2018 AE-FUNAI Post-UTME Screening Exercise but are yet to be offered admission in their initial courses can also reapply for any of the advertised courses. This set of candidates may choose not to retake the upcoming Post-UTME Screening test. This should be indicated while completing the P-UTME online application form

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Registration starts on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 and ends on Sunday, September, 16, 2018.

Mode of Payment/Registration

Interested candidates are required to pay a processing fee of N2, 000 only. To register, follow the steps outlined below:

Visit the University website: www.funai.edu.ng, go to News, Click on 2018/2019 Supplementary Admission Screening
Click on “Prospective Students”
Click on “Click to Apply” under 2018/2019 Supplementary Admission Screening Application
Enter your “JAMB Registration Number”
Select your payment mode (Generate Remita Retrieval Reference Number).
Proceed to any bank for your payment with your Remita number.
Return to the Application page and enter your “JAMB Registration Number” again.
Proceed with the completion of the form.
Upload CLEAR COPY of recent passport photograph
Confirm your entries.
Submit your application.
Print out your acknowledgement slip.
And come with it for the Post-UTME Test.

DATE FOR SCREENING TEST: The Screening test will take place on 25th and 26th September, 2018. Successfully registered candidates should go back to the registration portal from Wednesday, September 19, 2018 and reprint their acknowledgement slip to ascertain their particular date and time of screening.

TEST REQUIREMENTS

Candidates are required to come with the following items:

Registration print-out acknowledgement slip from the University website, which should indicate their date and time of test
2. 2018/2019 Original UTME Result slip (not photocopy) showing candidate’s picture and score
3. A biro or pencil

NOTE: Any candidate who is offered admission into the university through the supplementary application shall not be permitted under any circumstance to request for a change of course in future. Candidates should be guided by the provisions in the JAMB brochure with particular reference to the UTME subject combinations and SSCE requirements.

For further enquiries, please contact these hotlines: 07031810065, 09028982664 and 08067558863


Signed:

Odisa C. Okeke (Mrs.)

Registrar

GARLANDS AS IMO COMMUNITY CONFERS CHIEFTAINCY TITLE ON AE-FUNAI VC
It was all pomp and pageantry over the weekend as the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba was conferred with a chieftaincy title, “Eze Mmuta Gburugburu” by the Ehume Autonomous Community in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, in recognition of his sterling and unquantifiable contributions, as a reputable international scholar and astute administrator, to the development of humanity.

The event which brought together eminent sons and daughters of Imo State, politicians, renowned academics, clergy and revered traditional institutions, took place at the palace of the Eze-Oha 1 of Ehume Autonomous Community, HRH Eze Lancelot Onyebuchi Uwadoka, during the celebration of the 2018 “Nkwa Ji Ehume.”
The wife of the Vice-Chancellor and President, AE-FUNAI Women Association, Dr. Chinyere Nwajiuba was also conferred with the title of ‘Ugo Mmuta Gburugburu” for her academic exploits and service to humanity.

While making his opening remarks, the Chairman of the occasion and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Imo State University, Professor B. E. B Nwoke thanked the Eze, Eze-in-Council and the good people of Ehume Community for hpnouring the Vice-Chancellor, adding that the gesture would encourage and motivate the youth to aim high and strive for excellence in their respective fields of endeavour.
“We thank you for bringing out an illustrious son of Nigeria for this honour because amongst his peers, he is a man of grace”, he stated.

Describing the Vice-Chancellor as an eagle, he stressed, “Chinedum soars; he does not fly. In academics, he is a navigator, an aerodynamic wonder and a well-known international scholar”, adding that the Eze did not make mistake in selecting him for such a coveted award.
“Eze, you picked a man of vision, he is fearless and says the truth as it is. He cares for the youth and places ladder for people to climb to success.” He concluded that “The best of Obowo has chosen the best to be celebrated.”
Conferring the title, “Eze Mmuta Gburugburu”, meaning “distinguished global Professor”, Eze Uwadoka, noted that the Vice-Chancellor is a man of distinction, who has distinguished himself in all the positions he has held, praying for God to imbue him with more grace to excel in his present position and the higher ones to come in future.

He explained that he was using the opportunity God has given him as the custodian of the people’s culture and tradition to do what is right in the sight of God and people by honouring the Vice-Chancellor whom he described as a worthy son.
Thanking the Eze and Eze-in-Council for the honour, the Vice-Chancellor noted that he accepted the title because of the over 37 years’ relationship he has had with the palace and the people of the community, adding that he was elated for the rare honour. He also stated that the honour would motivate him more in his drive to see a better Nigeria.


Meanwhile, the Director, Centre for Development Assistance Management, Partnership and Training, Mr. Chris Uwadoka was also conferred with the title, “Nnanyerugo”, for his noble activities in the palace and promotion of the ideals and culture of Ehume people over the years.

All returning students who are interested in Hostel allocation should register online by following the link below. Please note that the allocation of bed spaces in both male and Female Hostel will be done on first come first served basis.

Application for Hostel allocation will close on Monday 2nd October 2018.

Please be guided accordingly.https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/advert-for-2018-2019-hostel-allocation-application-for-returning-students/

The Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, yesterday hosted another set of academic staff of the institution that have been offered postgraduate scholarship through the AE-FUNAI/French Collaboration to study in celebrated French Universities.
Through the collaboration, a first of its kind in the history of Nigerian University system, 35 staff of the institution are presently in various French Universities where they are either pursuing Masters or Doctorate Programmes.
Presenting the staff to the Vice-Chancellor in his office, the Director, AE-FUNAI/French Centre, Dr. Nnenna Nwosu-Nworuh noted that the staff were the 3rd batch that would be leaving for France for further studies, adding that through the collaboration the 1st and 2nd sets left in October 2016 and February 2017 respectively.

She explained that all the beneficiaries of the programme so far were doing both the University and the country proud in their various academic institutions in France, and assured the Vice-Chancellor that this 3rd set would also be diligent in their studies.

While receiving the staff, the Vice-Chancellor highlighted the numerous benefits accruing to the University from the collaboration with the French Government, telling the staff to count themselves lucky to be among the beneficiaries of the programme.

He also stressed that AE-FUNAI is the only University in Nigeria that has a Postgraduate Scholarship Collaboration with the government of France, and urged the staff not to disappoint the University but to maintain the wonderful records put in place by their predecessors in order to ensure the continuity of the programme.

“We wish you the best and please, make good use of the opportunity. Most of the people who went before you are doing very well”, he said.
The Vice-Chancellor also warned against plagiarism, adding that it has no place in the academic world especially in Europe and urged them to always think logically and display a positive image of a serious-minded and honest person.


He further encouraged them to be open-minded in order to learn new things and make new friends that were not restricted to the circle of Nigerians and Africans in the country. He concluded that attitude, competence and knowledge were fundamental to academic success in Europe.

The staff who are travelling in this batch include, Oluchi Patricia Obieche, Ngozi sUgochukwu, Deborah Ginika Ude and Olachi Opara.

This is to inform all candidates that sat for the 2018 Post-UTME Screening Test of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, that the 1st batch admissions list for the 2018/2019 academic session of the University has been released.
Candidates who were not offered admission in this first list are advised to apply for any of the courses advertised in the ongoing application for supplementary admission of the University.
Candidates are also warned to beware of admissions’ fraudsters who are fleecing unsuspecting people of their money in the name of offering them admission into the University.
Please, click on the link below to check your admission’s status.
https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/2018-2019-admission-status/

AE-FUNAI, us based women medical healthcare and diagnostic pc to collaborate on training of medical students

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State and a United States based organization; Women Medical Healthcare and Diagnostic PC have agreed to collaborate on the training of medical students and re-training of academic staff especially those in the institution’s College of Medicine.
This was made known yesterday when the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba hosted the President and Chief Executive Officer of Women Medical Healthcare and Diagnostic PC, Brooklyn, United States, Dr. Marcel Ajah, at his office.

Welcoming the guest, the Vice-Chancellor said that educational institutions should find ways of helping students to discover themselves so that they could be the best in their respective fields and decried the situation where today’s Nigerian universities were not known for anything-without a niche or specialty area unlike what was obtainable before.

He explained that AE-FUNAI was geared towards doing things differently by setting and sustaining a world-class academic standard that would make the students globally competitive on graduation.
He equally noted that to achieve the goal, the University has established viable collaborations with many international institutions, stressing that he was also interested in bringing in distinguished Nigerians in Diaspora to come to the University on fellowship programmes to enable them share their experiences and thereby, contribute to the educational development of the nation.


In his remarks, Dr. Ajah, an American Board certified Senior Consultant in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Laparoscopic Surgery, urged the University to ensure that the training of its medical students was synchronized with what is happening in hospitals to enable them transit effortlessly from basic sciences to clinical.
He further explained that good work attitude and insistence on acceptable standard from inception were the factors necessary to run a quality medical school, charging the university not to take it for granted. He also pledged to support the University in its drive to run a medical school that would be the cynosure of all eyes in Nigeria.

This is to inform all candidates that sat for the 2018 Post-UTME Screening Test of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, that the 1st batch admissions list for the 2018/2019 academic session of the University has been released.
Candidates who were not offered admission in this first list are advised to apply for any of the courses advertised in the ongoing application for supplementary admission of the University.
Candidates are also warned to beware of admissions’ fraudsters who are fleecing unsuspecting people of their money in the name of offering them admission into the University.
Please, click on the link below to check your admission’s status.
https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/2018-2019-admission-status/