Unizik Immortalizes Ojukwu
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,Anambra State has taken the lead in immortalizing the late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu by naming its students’ hostel after him.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Boniface Egboka, said the second wing of the huge edifice would henceforth be known as Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Hostel.
First wing of the hostel was named after President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and was commissioned on November 19, 2011, at the convocation of the institution by the president’s representative and Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i.
Egboka stated that nothing done to immortalize the late foremost Igbo leader and Ikemba Nnewi would be too much.
“The naming of the second 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.”
He noted that the news of Ojukwu’s death on November 26, 2011 in a London hospital at the age of 78 had saddened many minds across the university community.
He added that the immortalization of his name in Unizik, would bring joy to the institution.