NOUN Expresses Gratitude To Gov Emmanuel For Donating Study Centre

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has expressed gratitude to Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel for donating an ultra-modern study centre for the institution in the area of education.The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdalla Uba Adamu, who stated this during a brief ceremony for the relocation of the NOUN study centre to its permanent site in Uyo, described the Governor Emmanuel as a champion of education.He explained that the donation would not only boost the activities of the institution in the state, facilitates easy enrolment of the citizens and other residents into the university.The erstwhile Special Study Centre, located at 3, Mbaba Afia Street, has formally moved to the new facility at Udo Udoma Avenue in the metropolis.Declaring the centre open the Registrar of the institution, Felix Edoka, who represented the vice-chancellor, said: The purpose of our visit today is to ask the Director of the Uyo Study Centre, Dr. Angela Abaa, to move into this facility donated to the university by the government of Akwa Ibom State.I wish to seize this opportunity to express the gratitude of the university to the governor, His Excellency, Deacon Udom Emmanuel, for this wonderful gesture.Edoka revealed that the university has decided to make Uyo the operational hub of the university in the South South region.The reason the university is particularly interested in the Uyo Study Centre is that management of the university has decided that the Uyo Study Centre should be the hub of operation of the university in the South-South region, he said.Also speaking on the occasion, the Director of NOUNs Learner Support Services, Prof. Stanley Ngoa, described Governor Emmanuel as a large-hearted leader who is passionate about the education of his people.Ngoa who pledged that NOUN would educate the Akwa Ibom State people just the way the governor wants it assured that the facility would be used judiciously.Ngoa explained that the choice of Uyo as the operational hub of the university in the South South was informed by the fact that the state has a great potential for growth and is relatively more peaceful than any other state in the region.Earlier, abaa, the acting director, Uyo Study Centre, expressed delight and gratitude to God and the state government for resolving the endemic accommodation challenge that had plagued the study centre for years.She called on the people of the state to take advantage of the excellent facility provided by the state government and enrol in the university.
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