NEWS: The Dangers Of Starting Off A New University On A Faulty Foundation; The Imperative of Due Process
THE DANGERS OF STARTING OFF A NEW UNIVERSITY ON A FAULTY FOUNDATION: The Imperative of Due Process The elevation of the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education to the status of a University by the Federal Government brought an immense joy to not only the staff and students of the institution, but also the entire people of Imo State and the Southeast in general. Alvan is one of the foremost higher institutions in the Southeast zone, named, as it were, after a great patriot and pan-Nigerian scholar, Dr. Alvan Azinna Ikoku of blessed memory. Notably, with regards to the high esteem the Southeasterners hold the new University and the academic needs it has continued to meet in the lives of the teeming populace, it is important that every activity of the institution be made to represent nothing but excellence, probity and due process. Regrettably, the newly appointed Council members of the University led by Sen. Joy Emordi has unilaterally chosen to lay a faulty, abhorring,...