Azikiwe varsity immortalises Ojukwu

AUTHORITIES of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have named the second wing of its pioneer students' hostel after the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu who died recently in a private hospital in London.The honour was announced by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Boniface Egboka, who said that nothing done to immortalise the late Ikemba Nnewi and foremost Igbo leader can be enough.The first wing of the students' hostel had earlier been named after President Goodluck Jonathan and had been so commissioned by the representative of the President and Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i, during the institution's 9th convocation ceremonies held on 19 November 2011.According to Prof. Egboka, 'the naming of the 2nd Wing of this huge edifice after our dearly beloved Ojukwu is a clear manifestation of the university's resolve to make the late Igbo leader a happy man even in his grave. Across the university, the news of Ojukwu's death had saddened many minds and now, the immortalisation of his name through the Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Hostel in UNIZIK has brought back joy to the university community'.
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