A US-based non-profit, Ihe Shikeaguma Foundation (ISF), is constructing a faculty building as donation to Enugu University of Education, Ihe.
The specialised education training University is a State Government project initiated by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.
Construction works began on the project site at Ihe in Awgu LGA in May 2019.
ISF said in a statement that the donation is to appreciate Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his government’s decision to site a university in Enugu West Senatorial District.
The Governor is special guest at the Foundation’s ground breaking ceremony today Saturday, 3 October 2020 at the university site.
“We are excited by this development because it gives the right message of support to government – and to the hardworking Governor himself – especially at this time when resources to fund major projects are dwindling,” says Prince Emma Denchukwu.
Denchukwu, a Board members of ISF, said the US-based non-profit has members from all over the world, including Nigeria.
“Among ourselves, we have raised more than a quarter of what it costs to put up the building.
“We will rapidly complete the building as our people see actual construction going on and an enabling law in place,” he said.
“To complete the university on time is within our control and the Governor assures us that the University has come to stay,” he said.
Enugu University of Education is a signature project and legacy of the Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi administration. The governor was at Ihe on 9 April 2019 to lay the foundation for construction of the University’s main administrative building.
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