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Community Service: AE-FUNAI Partners EBSG to Train Wives of Police Officers
As part of its community service, the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State is partnering with the Ebonyi State Government to build the entrepreneurial capacities of wives of Police officers serving in the State.
The Capacity building programme which is geared towards equipping the women with the functional knowledge and practical skills to be self-reliant is championed by the Ebonyi State Ministry of Economic Empowerment and Job Creation through its Women and Youth Empowerment Scheme.


While speaking during a courtesy call to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba at his office, yesterday, the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Job Creation, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, expressed the gratitude of the State Government to the university for accepting to host the programme, adding that the partnership would help in building the entrepreneurial capacities of the participants, and thus engender robust economic development in the State.
He maintained that the government was committed to empowering the residents of the State irrespective of tribe or religion, with the necessary skills to excel in life, and thanked the Vice-Chancellor, for supporting the idea by making available both the human and material resources to train the participants.



He further extolled the Vice-Chancellor for the rapid infrastructural development and academic expansion going on in the University, stressing that they were testaments that he was prepared to leave worthy legacies in the university and assured him of the continued support of the State government.
Pledging the continuous friendship of the university with the State government, the Vice-Chancellor noted: “Apart from Education, our faculty of Agriculture was established to impact positively on the local economy”, adding “Through our radio station that is about to come on stream we shall be filling the agric extension gaps in Ebonyi State.”
The Vice-Chancellor continued: “AE-FUNAI is a blessing to Ebonyi State. Our target is to ensure that the State comes out of the national tag of being referred to as an education less advantaged state.”
He also noted that the university has a rare partnership with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, where it would serve as a multiplication and distribution Centre for Improved Cassava Varieties in the Southeast, stressing that it would boost agriculture in the State.


He however lamented the activities of natives who were bent on disrupting and sabotaging the infrastructural development, academic activities and agricultural efforts of the university, calling on notable sons and daughters of Ikwo Community and Ebonyi State government to intervene on the matter before it becomes late.
“AE-FUNAI is suffering because of the disruptive activities of local land owners who have refused to back out or give up the university land and if things are not done urgently to curtail it, it might get out of hand”, he stated.
Concluding, he reiterated the commitment of the university towards partnering with the State government in other areas, calling on all stakeholders to join him in taking the university to greater heights.
Earlier during the opening ceremony of the 3 days workshop, the Director of Centre for Development Assistance Management, Partnership and Training (CEDAMPAT), Mr Chris Uwadoka urged the participants to make good use of the knowledge to be garnered through the programme to achieve their aims in life; describing the training as a golden opportunity presented to them to upgrade their entrepreneurial skills.
He further highlighted some viable business opportunities such as sales/marketing, poultry, hair dressing, fashion designing and the likes. And encouraged them to be steadfast and hard working in any line of business they found themselves, stressing that what matters in business were also the location, the approach to customers and the quality of product or services being offered.

• Center for Educational Services set for successful 2018 JUPEB EXAM
The Registrar and Chief Executive of Joint University Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB), Professor Duro Ajeyalemi, yesterday paid an official visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajjiuba.
Represented by his deputy, Prof. Sunday Elom, the Vice-Chancellor in his welcome speech thanked the Registrar for the visit and urged the Board not to relent in its drive to develop the intellectual capacities of students, adding that as part of the scheme, the university was committed to the ideals of the organization.


The Vice-Chancellor further stressed the continuous commitment of the university towards running JUPEB programmes in order to create more opportunities for Nigerian youths to access quality education.
He maintained that the Center for Educational Services under whose auspices the JUPEB programmes are being run in the university has been repositioned to deliver cutting edge teaching and learning experiences to foundation students to make them enterprising on admission into universities. And promised that interactive boards and other important teaching aids as requested by the Board would be provided to the Center to enable it improve the students’ learning experiences.
On the rationale for the visit, Professor Ajeyalemi, said it was to sensitize and discover the readiness of member universities to participate in this year’s examination that would be simultaneously conducted across the country.
He also noted that part of the visit was to ascertain the university’s challenges in the running of JUPEB programmes so as to contribute in their solutions. And reiterated the Boards’ commitment in ensuring strict compliance to its curriculum especially as it affects those disciplines that require practical applications.


Professor Ajeyalemi further appealed to the Vice-Chancellor to pay more attention to Centre for Educational Services by providing flexible demarcations within their lecture hall, adding that the introduction of interactive boards would also ensure clearer visibility and wider participation among the students. He equally urged the Management to maintain strict disciplinary actions to regulate the conducts of students.
Meanwhile, the Center of Educational Services, AE-FUNAI, would join other member universities of JUPEB to conduct this year’s foundation examination scheduled to hold on 12th June, 2018.


This hint was dropped by the Director of the Center, Professor Michael U. Onuu when he recently led the JUPEB delegation to pay a courtesy call on the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
Professor Onuu expressed the readiness of the Center to conduct a hitch free examination that meets the standard of the Board, adding that staff have been adequately prepared to oversee the examination.

IITA, AE-FUNAI PARTNERSHIP ON AGRIC DEVELOPMENT: FACULTY OF AGRIC HOLDS SEMINAR TO SENSITIVE STAFF
In furtherance of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State and International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State to partner on Research and Agricultural development, the Faculty of Agriculture of the university recently organized a one day seminar to sensitive and prepare staff on the eventual take-off the partnership.
Entitled: “Measuring Adaptation and Impact of Improved Cassava varieties in Nigeria”, the seminar availed participants with the opportunity to garner firsthand information on the benefits of improved cassava varieties in ensuring food security and tackling hunger in Nigeria, especially in the southeast geopolitical zone of the country. The University, through the MoU signed with IITA would be the Centre for research and distribution of the Improved Cassava Varieties in the Southeast zone of the country. The Improved Cassava Varieties is a recent agricultural research development of IITA meant to improve the nutritional composition of cassava, and thereby help in tackling hidden hunger in Nigeria.


Declaring the seminar open, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, who was represented by the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Dr. Johnny Ogunji, said the university was a research-based institution and is geared towards becoming a hub for world-class research activities, hence the series of seminars being organized to provide solutions to most of the economic problems facing the country.
The guest lecturer and a Senior Agricultural Economist at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Dr Tahirou Abdoulaye, whose research interests cover a wide range of rural economic issues which include seed system, farm-level efficiency, technology evaluation and transfer while presenting his paper noted the importance of improved cassava varieties in the provision of food security in Nigeria.


He also stressed the need for farmers to focus on innovative systems in order to excel profitably in their activities, adding that increase in the use of technology by small farmers was the way to go if the country is to have sustainable food security.
Earlier in her opening speech, the Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Tina Igberi described the seminar as timely, which has come at the time the University is itching for international recognition through its academic and research works. She thanked the management for the partnership between the university and IITA, stating that it has given the participants the opportunity to interact with international scholars and widen their agricultural horizon.

Eggheads in the education sector have canvassed for enhanced students’ learning experience among academics in order to improve the quality of graduates of higher education in Nigeria.
They made the call recently at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State during the first Annual International Conference organized by the Faculty of Education of the institution.
With the theme “Enhancing Students’ Learning Experience and Satisfaction in Higher Education”, they noted that education was central in addressing the myriad challenges of the economy of any country in the quest to achieve sustainable development and produce quality manpower. And further stressed that effective teaching and learning experience in our higher institutions is required to improve the quality of graduates, and also to achieve the universal sustainable development goals.


Welcoming the participants to the event, the Dean of Faculty of Education in the University, Dr. Chinyere Nwajiuba noted that students were the epicenter of learning in higher institutions; hence all efforts should be geared towards making sure that they have positive learning experience and satisfaction. She maintained that higher education has a number of challenges, which would only be surmounted through concerted efforts of all stakeholders, enjoining participants to imbibe technology-aided learning and teaching to improve the quality of higher education in Nigeria.


“Fostering quality teaching and powerful learning experience is a key challenge for many higher education institutions in Nigeria today. The common assumption that an individual who have obtained a Master or Doctorate degree is highly qualified to teach in a university because of postgraduate degree is erroneous”, she stated.
She maintained: “It is imperative that university teachers are equipped with the appropriate skills and concrete strategies to establish their teaching and learning credentials.”
Delivering the keynote address, an Associate Professor and Director of Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Dr. Katheleen Quinlan stated that students often mention one-on-one interactions with teachers as being their most powerful experiences. She noted that these interactions were specifically about their coursework-such as getting feedback on any essay they had written from one of their lectures.
“This interaction is important because we know more than students do about all kinds of thing, not just our specialist subject matter. We often know more about time management, why something is important for one’s larger life, how to study most effectively, opportunities students can take advantage of, resources that might be available”, she said.
She maintained that the most powerful lecture experiences are those that include active involvement in learning and thinking, learning that is connected with students’ own goals and interests, interactions with peers, particularly those who are different from them.
Earlier in her opening remarks, the Chair of the occasion and the Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri, Professor Victoria Adaobi Obasi described the conference timely and theme apt in the midst of numerous challenges confronting higher education in Nigeria. She noted that it was not enough to have good course contents, adding that teachers should also provide good learning experiences for their students that are backed up with specific objectives and outcome.


She further argued that despite the importance of Information and Communication Technology tools in teaching and stimulating students’ learning experience in the 21st century, teachers still remain paramount in the drive to turn-out quality graduates.
The event was declared open by the Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba and witnessed by the wife of the first President of Nigeria, Professor Uche Azikiwe.

In line with the campus-green initiative of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, to make Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, the most beautiful and eco-friendly institution in Nigeria, the wife of the first President of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Professor Uche Azikiwe, yesterday, joined other well-meaning Nigerians to plant a tree in the university, in support of the initiative.


Azikiwe, a Professor of Sociology of Education, was at the university recently for the first Annual International Conference, hosted by the Faculty of Education of the university, where she also spared some time to support the campus-green initiative of the Vice-Chancellor.
Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri, Prfessor Victoria Obasi was also part of the tree planting campaign. The professor of Curriculum Studies chaired the First Annual International Conference held recently at the University. She prayed that the tree, just like the university, would grow to provide shades, fruits and serene environment for generations to come.


With a policy termed “Campus-Green Initiative”, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba had on assumption of office about two years ago embarked on aggressive tree planting campaign in the university to ensure eco-friendliness, aesthetics and serene environment within the campus. This led to the inauguration of the University Pioneer Garden and a yearly tree planting campaign where staff and students donate and plant trees around the university campus.

In recognition of her distinguished contributions to the development of French education and culture in Nigeria, the French Government through its Embassy in Nigeria has presented a “Palmes Academiques” award to an associate professor and Head, department of Languages/Linguistics/Literary Studies in Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Dr. Nnenna Nwosu-Nworuh.


Presenting the award, the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Denys Gaeur who was represented at the occasion by the Head of Cooperation and Cultural Affairs and Director, Institut Francais, Abuja, Mr. Arnaud Dornon described Nwosu-Nworuh as a worthy recipient of the award, following her efforts in facilitating the establishment of the Franco/AE-FUNAI Joint Scholarship partnership programme which was signed between the French Government and the university on January 23rd, 2017. The programme is intended to train some selected academic staff of the university in renowned French universities for their Master’s and doctoral programmes. Through the programme about 21 academic staff of the University are currently studying in France while efforts are already in top gear for another set of beneficiaries to leave for further studies this year.


Earlier in his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba described Nwosu-Nworuh as an asset whose hard work and dedication as a lecturer has brought the institution global recognition. He thanked the French Government for recognizing her good works, stressing that the collaboration with the French Government would be sustained.


Receiving the award, Nwosu-Nworuh attributed her success to the strong support from a man who has played both fatherly and brotherly role in her life, Dr. S.S.O Nwosu, an 86year old Consultant Obstetrician, who trained and supported her to achieve her goals in life. She further extended her special thanks to the Vice- Chancellor and her colleagues for providing a conducive working environment needed for success in life.

A Professor of Education at the Windsor University, Ontario, Canada, Benedicta Egbo has donated some educational books to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State as part of her personal social responsibility geared towards contributing to the quality of education in Nigeria.
Entitled “Education and Sustainable Development in 21st Century Nigeria”, the 9-chapter book which was written from an interdisciplinary perspective covers a wide range of topics on education and sustainable development within the context of a competitive 21st century global arena that demands innovation, creativity, adaptive skills, multiple literacies, environmental stewardship and responsibility.

Presenting the books to the university management recently, Professor Egbo who was represented by Dr. Charles Edet noted that the institution was chosen as the recipient of the academic masterpiece because of its emphasis on excellence and integrity in the pursuit of its academic goals, adding that the standard of academic activities in the institution and the progress it has made so far was already known all over the world despite its relatively young age. She also stated that though now based abroad, her academic foundation was laid in Nigeria, hence the need to give back to the country, and urged the university to use the books in producing graduates who can be globally compete. She further maintained that the book was written as a contribution to enthrone positive and transformational change in the Nigerian educational sector.


Receiving the books, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba who was represented at the event by his deputy, Professor Sunday Elom thanked the author for recognizing and choosing the university as one of the recipients of her books, noting the university is putting the right things in place to become a world-class institution.
The Vice Chancellor also stated that with this gesture, Professor Egbo has become an automatic partner and friend of the University, stressing that the books would be availed to staff and students to expose them to the demands of the 21st century education. And added that without proper education foundation, no nation can attain sustainable development.

This is to inform all postgraduate students of ALEX Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State that the 2017/2018 first semester lectures will commence on Monday, 23rd April, 2018.

You are also by this notice invited to the orientation programme for postgraduate students scheduled as follows:
Dated: Tuesday, 24th April, 2018.
Venue: Senate Chamber, permanent site.
Time: 11: 00am

Please, be punctual as attendance is mandatory.

Signed:
M. E. Ugwu
Secretary, SPGS

This is to inform all postgraduate students of ALEX Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State that the 2017/2018 first semester lectures will commence on Monday, 23rd April, 2018.

You are also by this notice invited to the orientation programme for postgraduate students scheduled as follows:
Dated: Tuesday, 24th April, 2018.
Venue: Senate Chamber, permanent site.
Time: 11: 00am

Please, be punctual as attendance is mandatory.

Signed:
M. E. Ugwu
Secretary, SPGS

The Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State has been honoured by the Onitsha Catholic Ecclesiastic Province for his numerous developmental strides in the university in the last two years.
The Provincial Executive Council of National Federation of Catholic Students had earlier noted that the choice of Professor Nwajiuba as a recipient of the award was because he has acquitted himself creditably well in the discharge of his duties as the second substantive Vice-Chancellor of the university, stressing that the establishment of new faculties and academic programmes, constructing of the first asphalt roads in the university, beautification of the campus environment, support for research, academic and infrastructural development and other numerous achievements were testimonies of his commitment to the development of the university.


Presenting the award to the vice-chancellor recently during an interdenominational prayer session to thank God for successful two years in office, Rev. Fr. Peter Agbo accompanied by Rev. Fr. Dr. Peter Chukwu stressed that the award was in appreciation of his laudable projects in the university, adding that the vice-chancellor has shown enough commitment in the service of God and humanity and urged him to keep the flag flying.
Receiving the award, the vice-chancellor thanked the Catholic Church for recognizing his modest achievements in the university over the last two years, noting that he was ambushed as he had earlier vowed not to receive any award until the completion of his tenure. And therefore, advised individuals or groups preparing to give him award to convert it to sharp sands, chippings, cements and other building materials that could be used to develop the university. He also reiterated his resolve to taking the university to greater heights, urging everyone to join hands in making the institution great.


The vice-chancellor also used the opportunity to assure the Catholic community of the support of the university management in their quest to have a permanent place of worship in the university. Consequently, he pledged that the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a catholic chaplaincy in the university would be done in August 2018.
The event was witnessed by principal officers, members of the university Senate and many staff and students of the university.

In order to expose the staff of the university to road safety tips, the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, recently played host to a team of Federal Road Safety Corp officials who were on hand to enlighten the members of the university community on the need to adhere strictly to acceptable road-use standards to minimize mistakes that could lead to road accidents.
The event was in commemoration of the one year anniversary of the death of two staff of the university, Professor Robert Nneli and Mr. Daniel Nwangbo in a fatal road accident along Abakaliki – Enugu Expressway in April 2017.


Speaking at the event, the Federal Road Safety Corps Commander, Ebonyi State Sector Command,Mrs. Stella Adaoha Uchegbu, harped on the importance of attending driving school and obtaining driver’s license from the appropriate authorities and the use of seat belt in reducing the gravity of road mishaps, urging staff to always ensure they were properly trained and belted up before driving. She maintained that both drivers and passengers sitting at the front and back seats of a vehicle should always use seat belts because of its life-saving benefits in time of accidents and cautioned against driving without driving license.
She further highlighted some road mix that predisposes individuals to car crashes. She pointed out that use of cell phones while driving, over speeding, carrying of children below the age of 12 on the front seat of vehicles, use of worn out and expired tyres, non adherence to traffic rules and regulations and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs would increase the chances of fatality if there was a crash.
The Corps commander stressed that driving is a multi-tasking activity, advising staff to avoid anything that could be a distraction while driving. And further warned against allowing children of below 12 years to sit or stand in the front seat of vehicles but to always keep them well strapped in the back seat. She also cautioned motor cyclists against riding without helmets, adding that if properly used it could reduce head injuries if crash occurs.


“…Parents should ensure that their children who are up to 18 years undergo driving school before they are allowed to drive. Children below 12 years should not be allowed to sit in the front seat while babies must be well-strapped and put on the back seat”, she advised.
Saying that accidents were inevitable, the Corps Commander also noted that people have the power to minimize its impact if they pay attention to road safety rules, pleading with the University authorities to ensure continuous training of their drivers to reduce road mortality. She also appealed to the Vice-Chancellor to ensure the university registers with them for the Road Transport Standardization Scheme which would enable the Corps to train the drivers of the institution.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba had noted that the university authorities would be part of the Road Transport Standardization Scheme in order to ensure that all drivers of the institution were continuously trained to reduce accidents among its fleet. He bemoaned the loss of two staff of the university due to road accidents, and tasked the staff to always abide by road safety rules to avoid regrets that could stem from avoidable crashes.

https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/management-and-organization-review-appoints-ae-funai-don-member-of-its-editorial-board/

A Professor in Human Resource Management in the Department of Accountancy and Business Administration and Director of Internationalisation, Linkages, Advancement and Global Ranking at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Management and Organization Review(MOR), published by Cambridge University Press.
Management and Organization Review is a far-reaching multidisciplinary social science journal that seeks to publish papers that test theory, develop indigenous theories, explore interesting phenomena or research questions, replicates prior studies always in the context of transforming economies. The journal is internationally recognized as a leading outlet for management and organizational research in China and all other transforming economies. MOR welcomes papers from diverse social science disciplines such as organisational behaviour, organisational theory, strategic management, economics, economic geography, innovation theories, anthropology, political science, cross-cultural, and social psychology, international business, sociology, cognitive science, and institutional theory.
MOR Editors are especially interested in attracting and publishing forward-looking papers that break new ground, rather than papers that make incremental contributions, as well as papers that elucidate indigenous management theories. MOR is open to diverse and rigorously executed research methodologies, including qualitative research, surveys, archival and historical analyses, content analysis, laboratory experiments, simulations, and computational methods, as well as papers that synthesize or translate theories and empirical research that make research accessible to scholars outside of disciplinary sub-fields.
The journal is index and abstracted in Thomson Reuters (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus amongst other database. Professor Icha -Ituma will join an editorial board drawn from across the world including academics working in universities in North America, Europe and Asia.
Speaking on the rare opportunity, he noted that he was naturally thrilled about the opportunity to join the MOR’s editorial board, adding that “Serving in the Editorial Advisory Board of the prestigious MQR is a great privilege. It represents a great opportunity for me to work more closely with leading scholars in cross-cultural management and to contribute to pioneering ideas in this field. I am particularly keen on attracting submissions to the journal from Africa and using the editorial experience within my role at FUNAI”.
For details about the journal, please log on to:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/management-and-organization-review

https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/2018-ana-funai-international-conference-creative-workshop/
THEME: Expanding Frontiers: Nigeria’s Creative Writing in the 21st Century
Deadline for submission of abstract and early bird registration is May 2018
Date
June 18-19, 2018
Starting at 9am, and closing 4pm
Location
Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo,
Ebonyi State, NIGERIA.

Please everyone should note that I, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, VC FUNAI, is not on face book, twitter, whatsapp, or any of such.

I am harassed by so many persons who say they have been scammed by persons nestinteractiveall over the country who claim me, and that they should pay money for all kinds of things including employment.

I repeat, I am not on any social media.

Anyone who allows himself or herself to be deceived into making payments to fraudsters should blame himself or herself.

Anyone who knows me, must know that I will never ask anyone to pay money for anything.



Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba
Vice-Chancellor
Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, 
P.M.B. 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
chinedum.nwajiuba@funai.edu.ng, chnwajiuba@yahoo.de
tel. +234-8033273871
www.funai.edu.ng

and
Member, Board of Directors,
Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST)
1, Oluokun street, Off Awolowo Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan, 
P.O. Box 22025 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
www.nestinteractive.org,www.nigeriaclimatechange.org

The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State has elevated five of its academic staff that have distinguished themselves in their various disciplines to the professorial cadre.
The University Governing Council at its 11th Regular Meeting held on Thursday, March 15, 2018 considered the recommendations of its Appointment and Promotion Committee and approved the promotions of the affected staff.
The breakdown of the list shows that Dr. Afam Icha-Ituma was promoted to the rank of Professor with effect from 1st October, 2017. While Dr. P. C. Obidike, Dr. E. N. Anyaegbunam, Dr. Charles N. Okolie and Dr. Nnenna N. Nwosu all were promoted to the rank of Reader with effect from 1st October, 2016.
Meanwhile, the Council at the same meeting also approved the termination of appointment of twenty-seven (27) academic staff with effect from 30th March, 2018. Ten of the affected staff were shown the way out of the university as a result of gross misconduct while the remaining seventeen (17) staff were Graduate Assistants who failed to obtain their Master’s Degree Certificates within the stipulated three (3) years of assumption of duty.
The University Governing Council had at its 6th regular meetings held on 21st December, 2016 resolved that: ‘any Graduate Assistant who does not secure/obtain Master’s degree within three (3) years from the date of assumed duty in the University would have their appointment terminated’.
In a letter dated 21st March, 2018 signed on behalf of the Registrar by Mr. Vitalis Offor, the affected staff were directed to handover all university property in their possessions, including their staff identity cards to their respective Heads of Department before their final exit.

https://www.funai.edu.ng/news/list-of-candidates-offered-provisional-admission-into-postgraduate-programmes-for-20172018-academic-session/
Click the above link to view the list lof candidates offered provisional admission into postgraduate programmes for 2017/2018 academic session in FUNAI

The Centre for Development Assistance Management, Partnership and Training (CEDAMPAT), Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State in partnership with the Ikwo Local Government, recently organized a sensitization Programme for food vendors and handlers in the area.
Declaring the event open, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba who was represented by The Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Charles Okolie noted that the sensitization Programme was very relevant because of its health benefits to Staff and students, and the various food vendors and handlers as they carry out their eatery businesses within and around the university community.


He maintained that the sensitization programme became imperative because of the various reports of food poisoning among staff and students as a result of dirty environments and unhygienic way of food preparation and handling by the vendors. He therefore, urged the participants to listen attentively in order to note and imbibe good food hygiene techniques that could be employed in preparing and handling food in their various restaurants.
The Vice-Chancellor also used the opportunity to plead with the Executive Chairman of Ikwo Local Government Area, Hon. Elder John Nnabo to use his good office in ensuring peaceful co-habitation between the university and its host community, adding that the sensitization progamme was one of the ways the university is impacting positively on the Ikwo community as part of its community service initiative.
Expressing his happiness on the Food hygiene sensitization programme, Elder Nnabo pointed out the importance of hygienic food in sustaining life, stressing that when contaminated, food could also become harmful to health. He therefore, urged the food vendors to be careful in preparing and handling their food and other eatable materials in order to protect the lives and health of their customers.


He emphasized that food vendors had a role to play in helping to produce eligible graduates from the university, tasking them to always source for clean water for their cooking activities. He further enjoined them to also ensure cleanliness in their line of business to avoid flies and other disease-carrying pathogens in their business environment, adding that the importance of food hygiene cannot be overemphasized, as many people have lost their lives due to food poisoning.
Also speaking at the event, Mr. Jacob Anyigor of the Health Department, Ebonyi State Ministry of Health, Abakaliki said that there were pathogenic organisms that contaminate food prepared in unhealthy environments. And urged the participants to always go for a biannual medical examination to ensure they were fit to handle food for public consumption. He also stressed on the importance of clean environment in food preparation and handling, advising the participants to endeavor to prepare fresh and nutritious food and to abstain from using expired food items and condiments which could be poisonous and damaging to the human system.
The health officer further urged the participants to observe effective personal hygiene as food handlers and to endeavor to wear aprons, hair tie and gloves when preparing food. He also warned them to desist from indiscriminate sneezing and coughing while cooking, urging them to stay at home if sick until they were fully recovered and fit for business. He rounded of his presentation by making a clarion call on the participants to also ensure effective disposal of waste emanating from their activities on daily basis.


Earlier, the Director of CEDAMPAT, Mr. Chris Uwadoka, noted that the event was to keep the staff and students as well as other members of the university community free from food-borne diseases, by educating the various owners of eateries, restaurants and ‘mamaputs’ within and around the university on the ways of preparing and handling food to make it hygienic for public consumption.
He further expressed his appreciation to the Ikwo Local Government for agreeing to be part of the sensitization programme, adding that the Centre would continue to explore other possible areas of partnership that could be of mutual benefits to the university and its host community.
The event was spiced up by an interesting and enlightening drama performance from the Theatre Arts Drama group that pointed out the dos and don’ts for food vendors and handlers.

The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, yesterday, commissioned some engineering equipment donated by the university’s Engineering Parents’ Forum.
The FUNAI Engineering Parents’ Forum is an umbrella body of all parents and guardians of students of the University geared towards fostering cordial relationship between the institution and parents of its students. The body since its inception has been of great help to the university in trying to bridge the infrastructural gaps as it concerns engineering programmes.


It is in view of this that the Forum recently provided some vital engineering equipment to the university, to ensure that the students were given proper education, practically and otherwise in order to make them viable engineers on graduation.
Expressing his gratitude to the Forum for their support, the vice-chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba noted that the provision and installation of the needed equipment and tools in the engineering workshop by the Forum was a testament to the importance of the association in the affairs of the university. He maintained that with the availability of the equipment students of the faculty would now be exposed to the dynamics and practical aspects of their studies, and reiterated his commitment towards ensuring that the faculty turns-out employable, vibrant and practical-oriented engineers on graduation.


He also urged the lecturers in the faculty to brace up to the challenges of training 21st century engineers, not just those with certificates but those with the functional knowledge and practical skills to contribute to the infrastructural development of Nigeria. And stated that the idea of engaging engineering students in the ongoing fencing of the university was informed by the need to expose them early in life to the practical aspects of their intending profession, adding that the experience they would garner through it is worth the effort.


Earlier, the Chairman of the Forum, Engr. Oga Chidi Onwe thanked the vice-chancellor for initiating the idea and supporting the Forum to work without any inhibition, stressing their continued commitment to the growth and development of the university. He further expressed the support of the Forum to the university management in its quest to train their children and wards to become viable engineers.


The Chairman also used the opportunity to call on other parents and guardians that are still skeptical about the importance of the Forum to the university to have a rethink and support its activities, adding “it is to the benefit of our children and wards to support the vice-chancellor and the university management to give them the best academic training.”

As part of its community service, the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State recently organized a one-day sensitization workshop for members of its host community geared towards equipping farmers with new techniques for ensuring high productivity and maximum output in their farming activities.
Organized under the auspices of Faculty of Agriculture in collaboration with the Ecosystem Based Adaptation Farming, an arm of United Nation’s Environmental Protection Agency and Ebonyi State Government, the programme afforded local farmers the opportunity to learn new farming tips meant to increase their yields.


Declaring the event open, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba who was represented by the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Dr. Johnny Ogunji called on the participating farmers to imbibe integrated farming, by rearing animals and breeding chickens that would in turn churn out saleable platform for mass production of maggots which would enhance production of fishes and aquaculture.


He also stressed the importance of producing earthworms in large quantities to help activate soil nutrients, pledging the university’s commitment towards advancing their farming activities if called upon.
Earlier in his welcome address, a leader of thought in the host community and the Principal and Proprietor, Folk Technical College, Chief Ambassador Francis Eze Igwe appealed to the farmers to embrace new farming technologies so as to improve their harvest and revenue from their agricultural activities. He further thanked the university management for taking interest in the welfare of its host community, adding that such gestures would promote peaceful coexistence between them entities.
Speaking at the event, a Professor of Agro-Business, J. O. Alimba unveiled the numerous benefits of organic fertilizers in farming, urging the participants to shun inorganic fertilizers as it contains chemicals that are destructive to both soil nutrients and important bacteria needed for boosting farm outputs.
Alimba maintained that through the right application of organic fertilizers and irrigation, farmers could plant crops all year round, noting that Thailand as a nation produces rice three times a year with maximum export capacity.

The Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Christiana Igberi in her remarks noted that the faculty would continue to partner with local farmers in Ebonyi State as part of the university’s community service to help them reap the benefits of modern farming. She maintained that Ebonyi State being mainly an agrarian area, would benefit from the various plans of the faculty towards running a production-driven Agriculture programmes, urging the various stakeholders in the State to key into the university agricultural plans.

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The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State is determined to graduate technically sound, vibrant and employable engineers with the capacity for global competitiveness.
This was made known by the coordinator of the on-going Engineering Students Skill Enhancement Programme, “Fencing the University project” and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Cyril Ume who noted that the programme was geared towards equipping students of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology with hands-on skills and experience in the area of construction.

He described the scheme as novel in the history of Nigerian universities, adding that it was also meant to produce vibrant engineers who are practically-oriented, technically and academically sound to compete in the world market, and thanked the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba for buying and supporting the idea with the enabling environment and resources.

Speaking on the sustainability of the project, the Head of Department of Mechanical/Mechatronic Engineering, Professor Simon Neife noted that the engineering students’ skill enhancement programme would be a continuous programme because it is meant to build the practical capacities of students to make them employers of labour on graduation in their respective specialist areas.
On the reaction of students to the programme, the Head of Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Dr. Ngozi Eli-Chukwu stressed that the students were enjoying the project because of its overwhelming benefits. She further maintained that those who were initially skeptical about it have now realized its importance and were happily participating in it.
“It is interesting. Students have been excited. Initially in my department, Electrical, they were asking what is the relationship between fencing work and electrical?
“And I quickly said something to them. For you to do a design of electrical work you must understand what you are designing and we majorly do building design of electrical work. If you understand how the wall is being built, you will do a proper design.
“When they got to the site, even those who were scheduled for four hours continued with the exercise even when their time had ended. What it entails is that they are enjoying it. And it is going to be beneficial to both the students and the university image”, Eli-Chukwu concluded.



Through this noble project, students of the faculty of engineering are undergoing practical guidance and tutelage in construction, leading to the on-going perimeter fencing of the university. This project is a first of its kind in the history of Nigerian university system, as it presents ample opportunity for the students to understand and appreciate the practical aspects of their discipline, thereby preparing them ahead of time to face the challenges of life after graduation.
Some of the participating students who were interviewed were visibly happy, noting that the experience they have garnered since the commencement of the project has been worthwhile, memorable and goes beyond the daily lecture hall routine.


Chibuilke Onuorah of the department of civil engineering stated that the project has been awesome, thanking the faculty for the worthwhile idea. He also noted that the programme has made him a better person, enabling him to have real life work experience as a prospective engineer.
When asked by the Vice-Chancellor if she had told her parents about the on-going project, Agwu-Oke Chidinma Jane, 300 level Chemical Engineering female student answered in affirmation, adding that she had already sent the pictures of her activities in the project to her parents and uploaded same on the social media with lots of likes and commendations.
On the whole, the students are really having ‘fun’ contributing their quota to the development of their university. And in the years to come, it would be evident that they did not just pioneer the fencing of their university but also garnered unquantifiable practical engineering experience in the course of it.



Recall that the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba had on assumption of office vowed to ensure that engineering graduates of the university were properly honed and equipped with the functional knowledge and practical skills to meet the demand of the 21st economy. He has also maintained that he would not rest on his oars in building the capacities of students to make them responsible, employers of labour and employable on graduation, stressing the commitment of the university towards turning out engineers with practical knowledge and skills in order to carve a niche for the university in the field.

In a bid to run a functional and practical-oriented Faculty of Agriculture geared towards equipping students with hands-on knowledge and entrepreneurial skills to make them employable and employers of labour on graduation, the Federal University Ndufu-Alike recently sent two of its staff on a tour of the Songhai farm located in Porto-Novo, capital of Benin Republic.
The essence of the tour was to study the internal workings and dynamics of the popular integrated zero waste operating system farm in order to replicate same in the university. The Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Employability, Professor Chinyere C. P Nnorom and Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Christiana Igberi were sponsored by the university management to the farm to have a firsthand experience in order to proffer ways of transferring such technologies to the university.


The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba had on establishment of the Faculty of Agriculture vowed to run a different kind of Agriculture programmes, where students are imbued with functional knowledge and practical skills to make them productive on graduation. He therefore charged the faculty board to ensure that students were made to go through the rudiments of practical farming so that they can learn by doing.
Consequently, the Faculty of Agriculture embarked on school farming, cultivating cucumber, pineapple and rice, and marketing of the produce; thus availing the students the opportunity to go through the necessary practical experience in crop production and agribusiness.
Speaking at the end of the tour, Igberi noted that the Farm operates three major groups of activities namely Production Vegetale, Production animale and Pisciculture, adding that the three are interconnected and interdependent for the farm’s sustainability.


In her words: “Each one develops its product to value addition stage including outlet for marketing. However, at the end, the by-products of all the three are harnessed to generate energy for use by the entire farm and the environment.”
She continued: “It is of interest to know that from nursery production to processing (value addition), marketing to consumption, no product is wasted, hence the name zero waste. The different sections housing several items are purposely connected together for the singular aim of utilizing both the processed and the by-products.”
She further revealed that the Farm is willing to collaborate with the University in replicating their farming technology and model in the university, which according to her were natural, simple and cost effective and could be easily adopted. And thanked the Management for the exposure they gained through the trip.
Adding her voice Nnorom stated: “The vegetable production supply feed for the animal production while the animal dungs and poultry droppings together with vegetables and other plants are used to prepare compost manure used to grow crops such as maize, cucumber, cowpea, soybean, pawpaw etc. The vegetable and animal sections are also used for fish production.” She also stressed that at the end the vegetable, animal and fish productions are transformed to generate bioenergy for the farm and its surroundin

The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State is to partner the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Oyo State in multi areas that cover Research, Agriculture, Staff and Students’ Training and Agricultural Research Proposal Development.
This was made known recently when the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba visited the institute to discuss possible areas of mutual beneficial partnership between the two organizations.


Welcoming the FUNAI delegation, Dr. Kenton Dashiell, the Deputy Director General of the institute, noted that there were many possible areas the two organizations could collaborate. He stressed that the vision of IITA was to transform agriculture in Africa, adding, that with no staff in Ebonyi State, IITA can only impact farmers in the State through Partnerships, thus emphasizing the importance of a possible partnership with the university.
Speaking further through Dr. Robert Asiedu, R4D Direct, West Africa in company of Dr. Alfred Dixon, Director, Partnerships for Delivery Office and Dr. Michael Abberton, Head, Genetic Resource Center, the Deputy Director General pledged to partner with the university in different areas of mutual interests especially in moving Agriculture and Agricultural research forward in the southeastern part of Nigeria, especially in Ebonyi State.


Given the low level of improved cassava adoption in the southeast, he also expressed the commitment of IITA towards making FUNAI its partner in extending cassava technologies (under TAAT) in the region, adding that the institute would participate in the upcoming international conference on hidden hunger to be held in the university this year. He also noted that IITA would collaborate with the university for the purpose of extending improved varieties of seeds and other Agricultural technologies to the southeastern part of Nigeria.


The Deputy Director General further promised to link the university’s Directorate of Research and Development with IITA Project Development Unit and equally give the University access to its e-library, urging the university to also set up units in charge of technical, legal, and financial services in proposal development and project implementation, if not yet on ground, for easy collaboration between the two organizations.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nwajiuba expressed his appreciation to the institute’s management for their willingness to collaborate with the university. He also used the opportunity to inform them that the Faculty of Agriculture in the university was new and at the stage where it is necessary to set the right culture for it.

“It is with a view to do things differently that FUNAI desires to collaborate with IITA in capacity building of staff, training of students, and extending agricultural technologies to farmers. We are young, we are open to new ideas and we are willing to learn”, he concluded.

He further assured the institute that FUNAI has enough farmland for collaborative partnership on Agricultural trials, adding that the University is also currently working on its policy on commercialization of technology.


The Vice-Chancellor was accompanied to the visit by the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Dr. Jonny Ogunji, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Dr.Tina Igberi, Director of CEDAMPAT, Mr. Chris Uwadoka and Dr. Makuachukwu Ojide of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences.

The research contingent of the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State to the recently concluded 2018 National Technology and Innovation Expo has presented their award to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba.
The University at the exhibition held from 5th to 9th March, 2018 at the Eagles Square, Abuja came third in the category of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The intellectual works and innovations of the university researchers were adjudged by the organizers as novel and outstanding, making the institution to receive positive peer, media and industry reviews and commendations.


Presenting the award to the Vice-Chancellor at an event witnessed by members of the enlarged university management, the leader of the FUNAI Team to the exhibition and Director of Research and Development, Professor Onuegbu O. Ugwu extolled his commitment and unalloyed support to research activities in the university, thanking him for sponsoring the research team to the expo despite obvious financial constraints.
He assured the Vice-Chancellor that the lessons learnt at the expo would be put into good use in order to make the university a hub of production-led research in Nigeria. He also called for the continued support of the university management in the areas of research funding, noting that individual researchers cannot bear the full financial weight of their research works alone, and promised to ensure that the university attains the first position in subsequent exhibitions.


On that note the Director of Academic Planning, Professor Dr. Jonny Ogunji pleaded with the Vice-Chancellor to facilitate the adoption of the draft policy on research which the directorate has prepared, stressing the importance of financial support to university researchers to enable them conclude their works on time.
Other speakers at the event noted that the performance of the university at the yearly event was extra-ordinary, taking into cognizance of the fact that it is barely seven years old. They equally urged the university management to give special incentives to researchers to keep them functional and productive.


Expressing his happiness on the feat achieved by the university contingent at the expo, the Vice-Chancellor maintained that research should be conducted for development purposes and not as a mere academic exercise meant to receive promotions at work place. He further promised to liaise with Management and Governing Council to get special financial support for outstanding university researchers, admonishing them not to rest on their oars in order to be the best in their respective fields.

History was made at the 2018 National Technology and Innovation Expo held at the Eagles Square, Abuja as the Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State came third among all tertiary institutions in Nigeria. With the theme “Fast-tracking Sustainable Development in Nigeria through Science and Technology”, the event brought together exhibitors from different sectors of the Nigerian economy who were on hand to showcase their scientific, technological and innovative products to the public.


The Expo held between Monday, 5th to Friday, 9th March, 2018 was the 2nd edition of the event geared towards assessing and bringing to the fore the various innovations and technological contributions of the Nigerian scientists, technologists, researchers and entrepreneurs to its economic development. It also provided an avenue to review the technological innovations of Nigerians in order to ascertain the gaps, make it globally competitive and proffer the way forward for the country’s sustainable development.
The University was represented at the exhibition by a strong 9-man team of researchers drawn from the fields of Science, Engineering and Humanities, led by the Director of Research and Development, Professor Onuegbu O. Ugwu. Nevertheless, the university presented five innovations from which it was adjudged the third best innovative tertiary institution in Nigeria in 2018, coming behind Covenant University and Nigerian Defense Academy, who came first and second respectively.

FUNAI Research Contingent to the 2018 National Technology and Innovation Expo at Abuja
The five works presented for assessment at the national event were ‘Linquascript: Applying Science to Develop Rapid Functional Literacy’ by Dr. Nnenna Nwosu-Nworuh; ‘Development of a Fuzzy-Neural Expert System for Contagious Disease Detection and Isolation’ by Engr. Dr. Michael Osigbemeh; ‘Probiotic Potential of Nigerian Fermented Food; Pentadethra Macrophylla (Ugba)’ by Dr. Moses N. Aloh; ‘Ecotoxicological Assessment and Agricultural Benefits of Rice Husk Derived Biochar’ by Dr. Ihuoma Anyanwu and ‘Consumer Credit, Accessibility and Affordability in Nigeria: Bank-led Financial Inclusion Strategy’ by Dr. Onyebuchi Chima. Other FUNAI researchers at the event were Dr. Chukwunonso E. C. C. Ejike, Dr. Azubike Ebokaiwe, Dr. Makuochukwu Ojide and Mr. Ukwa Job Nworie.
The works of the university contingent to the expo were highly rated by the organizers’ team of assessors, the media and industry watchers who commended them for their novelty and the high socio-economic impact value of their works. The team of assessors led by the former Director General of Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Professor Peter Onwualu, in particular, commended the FUNAI researchers for their outstanding works, urging them to ensure that their intellectual property were patented to avoid people stealing their novel ideas. They further noted that patenting research works proves its originality and gives sponsors, partners and industrial watchers confident to collaborate with researchers.


At the closing ceremony, the research work of Dr. Nwosu-Nworuh, “Linquascript: Applying Science to Develop Rapid Functional Literacy” was announced by the organizers as an outstanding innovation in the tertiary institutions category. Announcing the prize, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology through Professor Onwualu extolled the originality and impact-value of Nwosu-Nworuh’s work, noting that it would help to enhance the functionality of the three major Nigerian languages. He further pointed out that when eventually incorporated into computer keyboards and phone keypads as envisaged by her, the work would improve the speaking and writing of the indigenous languages among the youth and uneducated population especially now that some of the languages are going extinct. They further stressed that the work would put Nigeria on the global map as computer keyboards and phone keypads would now bear the alphabets of Nigerian indigenous languages.


Speaking to the media during the 5-day event, the FUNAI Director of Research and Development, Professor Ugwu noted that the Expo would help in enhancing science, technology and innovations in Nigeria, calling on the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to sustain the yearly technological and innovation exhibitions in order to put the country on a higher developmental pedestal.
He pointed out that the philosophy of research in the university was to think globally and act locally, stressing that all the research works presented by the university at the expo have the capacity to meet international standard even as they also have high local content value and added that FUNAI would continue to make the environment conducive for research and innovation to excel.


He maintained that “the era of carrying out research as only a mere academic exercise without corresponding economic and production value is over”, insisting that “value-driven research is the way to go if the is to compete favourably in the global community.”
The professor of Civil Engineering further urged the Federal Government and various tertiary and research institutions to take research and innovation seriously by investing a substantial part of their budgets in it, noting that the Expo has helped to put research in the front burner in Nigeria.



He further vowed that in the third edition of the Technology and Innovation Expo in 2019 that the university would come first in the category of tertiary institutions, stating that plans were already in top gear to put into action the lessons of the 2nd edition. And thanked the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba for supporting research in the university and sponsoring the institution’s contingent to the expo despite the financial constraints facing most Nigerian universities, noting that the research team has reciprocated the confidence reposed on them by marking the university proud, being the only Federal and State-owned university in Nigeria that won award at the event.

Receiving the third position award at the just concluded National Technology and Innovation at Abuja

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The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State is one of the nine universities established by the Federal government on February 26th, 2011 to expand the frontiers of education. However, the University started academic activities on November 5th, 2012 with three faculties.

Presently, under the leadership of Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, the University has seven faculties, a college of medicine and a postgraduate school. The university prides itself as the Home of Soaring Eagles with the vision of becoming a world-class university.

The university has become a first-choice academic destination for both parents and students because of its core values of excellence, integrity and entrepreneurship. Students are groomed to acquire sellable skills and functional knowledge to be globally competitive.

Academic laziness, indolence, cultism, examination malpractice like "sorting", sex for marks and the likes are seriously frowned at. Students who do not meet the acceptable GPA are sent home at the end of every session while some are put on probation. FUNAI remains one of the few universities still doing this. The essence is to make students to be serious-minded and put in them the culture of hard work and responsibility.

FUNAI is ranked highly by global academic bodies like webometric. Nevertheless, because of its insistence on academic excellence and integrity, some students bad eggs are not happy about it. But the university is not deterred by their antics. The university is irrevocably committed to doing things right in order to turn out competent, enterprising and loyal citizens as graduates.

Infrastructurally, FUNAI is also on the right trajectory, with new buildings, roads and quarters springing up with speed in order to give our students the best. Though, FUNAI is just seven years old, however, it is already been ranked above its peers and many older universities in Nigeria, leading to many fruitful collaborations with international bodies like the one with the French government- a first of its kind in the history of Nigerian University system.

Recently, the Federal Government renamed it after the late former vice president of Nigeria, Alex Ekwueme.

Welcome to FUNAI of our dreams, the centre of excellence and integrity, and the Home of Soaring Eagles. The place where students graduate on schedule. And you can vouch for their certificates.