The Deputy Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has donated a convocation area to the College of Calabar to mark its fiftieth anniversary.
Performing the groundbreaking ceremony for the mission on the college campus, Kalu, an ex-student of the establishment stated the mission was his contribution to his Alma mater to offer a conducive environment for convocation and matriculation ceremonies amongst others.
He stated at 50, the college was matured as among the finest citadel of studying within the nation and deserves a befitting area to crown college students who’ve gone via the 4 partitions of the establishment.
“It isn’t proper that we do our convocation below canopies, it’s not good for our picture and dignity, one thing wanted to be finished, so when the college offered this earlier than me, I stated sure, and I made a decision to accomplice with the establishment to repair this convocation area,” he stated.
The Deputy Speaker, who stated he has already taken steps for his workplace to allocate some funds for the mission, assured that as quickly as funding of the price range begins, work will begin on the mission.
He urged the Vice Chancellor to make sure that the job is awarded to one of the best contractor who will do a high quality job in response to specs and ship it on schedule.
“We shall be monitoring this job from my workplace to make sure high quality as a result of any mistake the contractor must be able to reply to us,” Kalu stated.
The lawmaker used the chance to encourage ex-students of universities within the nation and Africa to not take their certificates and disappear however endeavor to return again and do one thing so as to add worth to the college that shaped their character and present them the way in which.
He counseled the Vice Chancellor and different principal officers of the college for his or her arduous work which has introduced monumental improvement to the college
“You might be one of many good examples of ladies in energy who’ve managed it nicely, You might be one instance who males have a look at and aren’t threatened since you are carrying all people alongside,
The Vice Chancellor of the college, Prof Florence Obi, on behalf of the college Governing Council thanked the Deputy Speaker for the befitting mission, a two-floor constructing with a 6000 sitting capability, and a state of the humanities theatre for command efficiency.
She additionally thanked the Deputy Speaker for making a provision of N800 million within the faculty’s price range for the take-off of the mission and a further N800 million for its completion.
