FUTO VC raises panel over students’ unrest

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Prof Francis Eze, has instituted a panel to assess the worth of the institution’s property damaged by the students during the students’ unrest inside the university penultimate Friday.

Eze, who disclosed this yesterday while briefing journalists on the incident, the institution has not introduced any tuition and course registration fees as alleged by some people and students.

The vice chancellor, accompanied by the Registrar, Mr. John Nnabuihe; the Deputy Registrar and Coordinator, Information and Public Affairs, Chike Ezenwa; and some principal officers, Eze said the committee was mandated to ascertain the actual cost of damaged property and report to the management to guide it on the next action to take.

According to him, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was the target of the students, regretting that they caused such damage, despite the level of openness and accessibility he created for any student to see him ‘one-on-one.’