The Imo State Government has taken over the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko and converted it to a campus of the Imo State University, Owerri. The 8th Imo Assembly had passed a law allotting 90 per cent equity shares to trustees of Rochas Foundation and 10 per cent to Imo state government.

Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the newly-established Tertiary Institutions in Imo State, Prof. Jude Njoku, said at a press briefing in Owerri on Wednesday that the committee established a prima facie that the institution was established with state funds.

The committee also recommended that both the Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Aboh/Okpala and the University of Science and Technology, Umuna should remain campuses of Imo State University while Aboh/Okpala will be the campus for agriculture and veterinary medicine, and Umuna will be for engineering as earlier conceived. He added that a judicial commission of inquiry would be set up to determine the sources of funding and ownership structure of the university.

He said that from the findings of the committee at the National Universities Commission (NUC), it was established that approval was given to EPU as the second University in Imo, 47th State University and 143 Nigerian university. In addition, Njoku said that it was discovered that the land was purchased and paid for by the state government.

The committee also scrapped all polytechnics established by established towards the end of the Rochas Okorocha administration.

hammerVJ:
WRONG MOVE.


WE NEED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST, THAT ARE ADEQUATE AND STANDARD.



I REPEAT AGAIN, WE URGENTLY NEED MORE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY.



OKOROCHA SHOULD NOT BE AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE NOT INVESTING IN THEIR STATE.



AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE ROCHAS, DIS IS A WRONG MOVE.



POLITICS ASIDE, HE IS THE ONLY GOV THAT INVESTED IN SE EDUCATION, THE WAY I LIKE.



THAT LEGACY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT OF EFFCC HANDS AND ABOVE PARTY POLITICS.



ANYBODY THAT PLAYS WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY OR EDUCATION IN THE EAST, IS AN ENEMY OF NDIIGBO.




IHEDIOHA TAKE NOTE.



I DID NOT SAY, U SHOULD LEAVE ROCHAS, I AM SAYING LEAVE THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY ALONE.


IT IS NOT EASY TO SECURE FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST


ROCHAS DID AND BUILT THE EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY.

jlinkd78:
U obviously didn't read d writeup or u deliberately decided to distort d facts that d citadel of learning was built with Imo govt funds and converted to Rochas personal property

hammerVJ:



Nonsense, if the University was built in Benin Republic will dey go there to convert it to Imo State University?


I am not interested in unconfirmed claim.


I believe wat i wrote is very clear.


All the Govs in the east that have been looting i.e. Orji Kalu, Peter Obi, that u lot hail hero, how many invested in Education or even invested in the East?


I know Igbo people have envy and jealousy issue but if Ihedioha plays with this education legacy that Rochas has sowed in Imo, it will back fire on him.



Take note, i did not say leave Rochas but stay clear of our education in the East.


If he like, let him Sieze Rochas house or business, capture Rochas daughters and kidnap Rochas wife, i will hail him but School, University and Education, I will start disliking him.


And I like Ihedioha.

JAWBONE:


He did not destroy the school. The rightful owners simply took charge of their property.

hammerVJ:
WRONG MOVE.


WE NEED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST, THAT ARE ADEQUATE AND STANDARD.



I REPEAT AGAIN, WE URGENTLY NEED MORE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY.



OKOROCHA SHOULD NOT BE AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE NOT INVESTING IN THEIR STATE.



AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE ROCHAS, DIS IS A WRONG MOVE.



POLITICS ASIDE, HE IS THE ONLY GOV THAT INVESTED IN SE EDUCATION, THE WAY I LIKE.



THAT LEGACY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT OF EFFCC HANDS AND ABOVE PARTY POLITICS.



ANYBODY THAT PLAYS WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY OR EDUCATION IN THE EAST, IS AN ENEMY OF NDIIGBO.




IHEDIOHA TAKE NOTE.



I DID NOT SAY, U SHOULD LEAVE ROCHAS, I AM SAYING LEAVE THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY ALONE.


IT IS NOT EASY TO SECURE FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST


ROCHAS DID AND BUILT THE EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY.

hammerVJ:
Go to SW, dey have Covenant University, babcock university etc

Many Igbos studying there, nobody in SE care.


Okorocha came and opened one, as if he read my mind and Ihedioha is closing it.


Ihedioha should not make us start hating him already, it is too early for dat.


Leave that School for Okorocha, anything School leave it and passover.


In fact, in the whole east, anything School should be left alone, as long as it is properly being managed.



There is a deficit of tertiary institution in SE.

OfficialAPCNig:

I will not call you a thief apologist or a tijanniyya moslem from a waste land that is always in support of anything evil against Ndi Igbo.

Stay out of Igbo matter.

Eastern Palm University was built has been forfeited to the state because it was built with state money and belong to Ndi Imo.

coolzeal:
This university should be sold to private corporation and also, plant lots of palm trees all around to give it that aesthetical look.

hammerVJ:
WRONG MOVE.


WE NEED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST, THAT ARE ADEQUATE AND STANDARD.



I REPEAT AGAIN, WE URGENTLY NEED MORE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY.



OKOROCHA SHOULD NOT BE AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE NOT INVESTING IN THEIR STATE.



AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE ROCHAS, DIS IS A WRONG MOVE.



POLITICS ASIDE, HE IS THE ONLY GOV THAT INVESTED IN SE EDUCATION, THE WAY I LIKE.



THAT LEGACY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT OF EFFCC HANDS AND ABOVE PARTY POLITICS.



ANYBODY THAT PLAYS WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY OR EDUCATION IN THE EAST, IS AN ENEMY OF NDIIGBO.




IHEDIOHA TAKE NOTE.



I DID NOT SAY, U SHOULD LEAVE ROCHAS, I AM SAYING LEAVE THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY ALONE.


IT IS NOT EASY TO SECURE FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST


ROCHAS DID AND BUILT THE EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY.

hammerVJ:

POLITICS ASIDE, HE IS THE ONLY GOV THAT INVESTED IN SE EDUCATION, THE WAY I LIKE.

hammerVJ:
WAT I SAID IS TRUTH.


IF U CLAIM OKOROCHA LOOTED AND BUILT US UNIVERSITY, I PREFER THAT TO THOSE THAT WILL LOOT AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY IN LONDON AND US.


LOOT AND USE THE MONEY TO DEVELOP ABUJA OR LAGOS OR SEND IT ABROAD.


IS OKOROCHA THE FIRST OR LAST?


WILL IHEDIOHA NOT LOOT?


MIND U, AM NO SUPPORTER OF OKOROCHA. ABAGWORO CAN ATEST TO DAT HERE

Switruth:
. Looting should be discouraged. Rochas has enough personal resources to own a private university not with a state fund. I understand all you’re trying to say but it belongs to the state and the state knows what to do with it.

DesChyko:


Politics aside, If you're happy with the condition of Education in Imo State as it is now, then there is a solid reason that you are not attached to the education sector. Endeavour to make sure it remains that way, please.

lovere:

Rie nsi...rijuo ya onu.

jlinkd78:
This is d boldest move from Ihedioha. Rochas deceitful approach in establishing a university with Imo State money and retaining 90% equity with d entire Imo left with paltry 10% was d most capitalist affront on a people by a wicked state henchman. I honestly never new d new sheriff in town will be audacious enough to retrieve this. I pray Ihedioha succeeds

hammerVJ:

THANKS FOR THE QUOTE BUT THIS IS A FAMILY MATTER.

NOT TIME FOR YORUBA PLAY POLITICS.

hammerVJ:
WRONG MOVE.


WE NEED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST, THAT ARE ADEQUATE AND STANDARD.



I REPEAT AGAIN, WE URGENTLY NEED MORE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY.



OKOROCHA SHOULD NOT BE AN EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE NOT INVESTING IN THEIR STATE.



AS MUCH AS I DISLIKE ROCHAS, DIS IS A WRONG MOVE.



POLITICS ASIDE, HE IS THE ONLY GOV THAT INVESTED IN SE EDUCATION, THE WAY I LIKE.



THAT LEGACY SHOULD BE LEFT OUT OF EFFCC HANDS AND ABOVE PARTY POLITICS.



ANYBODY THAT PLAYS WITH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY OR EDUCATION IN THE EAST, IS AN ENEMY OF NDIIGBO.




IHEDIOHA TAKE NOTE.



I DID NOT SAY, U SHOULD LEAVE ROCHAS, I AM SAYING LEAVE THE SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY ALONE.


IT IS NOT EASY TO SECURE FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR ADDITIONAL UNIVERSITY IN THE EAST


ROCHAS DID AND BUILT THE EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY.

hammerVJ:
WAT I SAID IS TRUTH.


IF U CLAIM OKOROCHA LOOTED AND BUILT US UNIVERSITY, I PREFER THAT TO THOSE THAT WILL LOOT AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO STUDY IN LONDON AND US.


LOOT AND USE THE MONEY TO DEVELOP ABUJA OR LAGOS OR SEND IT ABROAD.


IS OKOROCHA THE FIRST OR LAST?


WILL IHEDIOHA NOT LOOT?


MIND U, AM NO SUPPORTER OF OKOROCHA. ABAGWORO CAN ATEST TO DAT HERE