APGA chairman urges investment in education

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Umeh, on Tuesday urged wealthy individuals to invest in education. Umeh spoke after inaugurating a building donated to the General Studies Department of Enugu State University of Science and Technology by an industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, the chairman/ chief executive officer of Innoson Motors. The APGA chieftain urged other wealthy individuals in the society, particularly in the South East, to emulate Chukwuma. “There are so many rich men in Igboland who are building mansions and plazas, they should emulate Innoson (Chukwuma) by donating some of them to educational institutions,” he said. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Cyprian Onyeji, noted that the government cannot effectively fund education alone. Onyeji added that the building was the first donation received by the university from any of its former students. He explained that Chukwuma was an alumnus of ESUT, having received an honorary doctorate degree from the institution in 2011. In an address at the event, Chukwuma explained that the donation of the ‘General Studies Complex’ was a fulfillment of a promise he made to the institution in 2011. He added that he will do more, saying, “This is the beginning of what I intend to do for the university.”