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Have you ever wondered why UNN doesn't offer chemical engineering as a course? Here is the reason..
This University now known as UNN, had it's Chemical Engineering department permanently closed down after the war because of the level of research, developments and inventions it churned out for the Biafran soldiers.
Kudos to the renowned Professor Gordian Ezekwe who led a team of scientists in what was known as Biafran Research and Production Unit, RAP. This think-tank group made up of Sylvester Akalonu, Benjamin Nwosu, Willy Achukwu and Okezie confidence and more were tasked to develop rockets, bombs, telecommunication gadgets and develop the fractionation model used for operating the modular crude oil refineries designed and operated by Biafrans.
The refinery that Nigeria can't build today was single handedly designed, and operated by these Biafran wizards. They refined aviation fuels that powered their amarnents and planes.
If you had wondered why UNN doesn't offer Chemical Engineering as a course, know that the federal government of Nigeria closed down the department for fear of the devasting knowledge base of the igbo man.
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Who God bless no one can curse,

The Igbos are the most technologically advanced region in the whole of West Africa. I heard they built incredible weaponry and were also researching advanced chemical and biological weapons in the heat of the war. Breathtaking!
There is no doubt Nigeria's industrial and technological developments are hinged on the rise of the East; the home of the brave and craftsmen with engineers heart.

#Richdad

Is UNN the only institution or federal institution within old Biafra boundary?

Uniport and Unizik offer it, why was it not closed down there?

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I don't believe this is the reason.

Other schools in the eastern region offers it.

Though you never can tell. UNN could have been blacklisted due to their role in the civil war.
Nigeria can be weird.

But at the same time, it's been over 60 years. If they actually need a chemical engineering department, nobody in government can stop it from reopening.

Your hypothesis does not fit.

InansBobo:
Uniport and Unizik offer it, why was it not closed down there?

unn was the bed rock of chemical research for biafra

them don start oooo.

e never tire these people?
hmm,all this 16gig ipads jews

The SouthEast is not North Korea!

CodeTemplar:
Is UNN the only institution or federal institution within old Biafra boundary?

Yes,as at 1966-70

BIAFRONIGERIAN:
Yes,as at 1966-70

And will they restrict UNN alone? there is now FUTO and other schools, so can't Igbos dominate and use those ones ?

jasonguru:
unn was the bed rock of chemical research for biafra

can u give a citation for this your story?

If war was the reason for the shutdown, why has the department not been reopened since there's no more war in view?

Findings by TheCable showed there is no evidence indicating that the federal government shut the department for allegedly producing bombs and other ammunition for soldiers during the war as claimed by the publication.

The faculty of engineering in UNN currently has six departments namely — agricultural and bioresources engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering as well as metallurgical and materials engineering.

Given no varsity can operate effectively during a war, activities were suspended at UNN while the civil war lasted, forcing many departments to close down. For instance mechanical engineering was shut during the period.

When contacted by TheCable, Emeka Simon Obe, the dean, faculty of engineering, dismissed the claim. He described such narrative as a myth that has been misconstrued as fact over the years.

Obe said the faculty indeed had chemical engineering department in the past but it ceased to exist in the 1980s because its “main players” left Nigeria in search of greener pastures.

The development, he said, made it impossible for the institution to sustain the programme at the time. The dean, however, said efforts are currently ongoing to start the programme again.

“It’s not true. We don’t have department of chemical engineering for now but we’re trying to put up one. We used to have before but the chemical engineering department collapsed in the 1980s — not even during the war — because the main players in the faculty then left,” the dean said.

“At the point, the country was very hard so those running it left Nigeria for greener pastures abroad and so it was no longer possible to run the programme.

“People have that myth it was because UNN was used during the Nigerian civil war that they closed the department but it’s not true. There’s no record to show that. Anyone saying that should provide a record to proof such.”

Also speaking, Okwun Omeaku, the varsity’s public relations officer (PRO), described such claim as a “social media report”.

“I don’t know if there’s fact anywhere. I don’t know if federal government shut anywhere or not. I don’t know where you got such information from,” he told TheCable.

“I’m not aware of that. I don’t react to social media reports. I don’t take question and answers about social media publications.”

VERDICT: The claim that the government shut UNN’s chemical engineering department is misleading as there is no evidence to support such. The narrative can best be described as false.

https://www.thecable.ng/fact-check-did-fg-shut-unns-chemical-engineering-department-because-of-role-during-civil-war

Some people like to be victims
Did it offer Chemical Engineering before the war?
How is a Chemical Engineering of particular relevance to war making even more than a department of chemistry or physics,
More relevant than mechanical Engineering etc?
Nnamdi Kanu and other illiterate OMATA traders wake up to vomit this gibberish to their equally foolish terrorist sympathisers

aribisala0:
Some people like to be victims
Did it offer Chemical Engineering before the war?
How is a Chemical Engineering of particular relevance to war making even more than a department of chemistry or physics,
More relevant than mechanical Engineering etc?
Nnamdi Kanu and other illiterate OMATA traders wake up to vomit this gibberish to their equally foolish terrorist sympathisers

When contacted by TheCable, Emeka Simon Obe, the dean, faculty of engineering, dismissed the claim. He described such narrative as a myth that has been misconstrued as fact over the years.

Obe said the faculty indeed had chemical engineering department in the past but it ceased to exist in the 1980s because its “main players” left Nigeria in search of greener pastures.

The development, he said, made it impossible for the institution to sustain the programme at the time. The dean, however, said efforts are currently ongoing to start the programme again.

https://www.thecable.ng/fact-check-did-fg-shut-unns-chemical-engineering-department-because-of-role-during-civil-war/amp

unn was the bed rock of chemical research for biafra

Bedrock

What useful research output are they credited with?