Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki
Ebonyi state government has set up a 21-man committee drawn from different organisations and stakeholders of the University community to look into the agitations of the various trade unions and lingering problems of the University.
Commissioner for Information and state Orientation, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji made this known in a press statement made available to journalists after a meeting between government and the University Community.
Orji said that the committee was charged to work as a Visitation Panel to the University and to get details of the school fees, subventions, allowances and sources of revenue of other Universities of similar status and submit findings and recommendations within one month.
He reiterated Government’s commitment to the security and welfare of the students of the University and indeed all the academic institutions in the State.
The Commissioner announced government’s resolve to fund the internal security arrangement of the students of Ebonyi State University and to ensure that all the lingering problems between various trade unions and university management is resolved.
“Government considered the agitations of the Trade Unions and the needs of the University Community and, thus, resolved to set up a 21- man committee to be drawn from different organisations and stakeholders of the University community to look into the problems of the University.
“The committee is charged to work as a Visitation Panel to the University and to get details of the school fees, subventions, allowances and sources of revenue of other Universities of similar status and submit findings and recommendations within one month. The Committee is to be inaugurated on Friday, 11th June 2021.
“Government reiterated its commitment to the security and welfare of the students of the University and indeed all the academic institutions in the State and resolved to fund the internal security arrangement of the students of Ebonyi State University.
“Government donated a brand new 33- seater Coaster Toyota bus to the Students Union Government of EBSU to enhance the operations of the leadership of the Students Union,” he concluded.