By amaechi kingsley
History have been made at the state Enviable citadel of learning as the Maiden Annual Home Coming for Economists of Imo State University IMSU Extraction was held by the School of Economics Department with her pioneer stakeholders, Students (Alumni) members, friends and well wishers for a dinner/fund raising in preparation towards the upcoming National University Commission (NUC) accreditation.
In an address, the IMSU Head of Department, Economics Dr. Andy Igwemma last Friday at Rock-View Hotel in Owerri revealed that the school of Economics will soon face the National University Commission NUC accreditation, which he said is important for the existence of the department; he added that anything short of full accreditation may spell doom for the department.
Dr. Igwemma Stated that the dinner\fund raising initiative which is first of its kind was born-out of the fact that the University management alone many not have all it takes for the exercise, but thanked the Vice Chancellor of the institution Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie for granting the Economic Department her request to host the dinner \fund raising and resolved to make the dinner an annual event tagged ‘Annual Home Coming of Economists of IMSU Extraction”.
In a delivered paper presentation tiled “Economic Dinner for club members” Prof Chuka Okoronkwo stated that the dinner as a concept for fund raising is a laudable and creative idea which is globally is an accepted phenomenon and commended the proponents of the programme for their foresight ingenuity and ultimate desire to reposition the department to an international best practice.
Prof Okonkwo noted that the historical milestone of the department of economics will be achieved as he recalled a brief history of the school, Economics that have close to 700 graduates and 20 in Ph.D respectively, he further appealed to Alumni of the school, Government, private or co-operate bodies to generously donate towards the facelift of the department.
Speaking earlier, the Dean of Post Graduate Studies Prof Chinedu Nwajuba in his statements said that intellectuals and the learned in the society should act positively for growth and development to strive, adding that policy making and governance is too much a serious business to be allowed in the hands of touts, he congratulated the department for their laudable achievement and hoped that all other department in the institution will rise to this level.
In their separate remarks, Associate Prof. Obioma and Dr. Ndubuisi Nwaru, prayed for their student success in the labor market and the smooth progress of the Economic department as Alumni of the school were advised to identify with the departments for record purposes.
