GUU chancellor urges students to prioritize additional skill acquisition

Maduako Igbokwe l Monday, February 15, 2021

 

UTURU, Abia, Nigeria – Chancellor of Gregory University Uturu (GUU), Prof Gregory Ibe has urged  Students of higher institutions in Nigeria  to prioritize  the acquisition of additional entrepreneurial skills while undertaking their academic programmes.

Prof. Ibe gave the advice  while speaking at the 9th  matriculation ceremony of the university held at the University main auditorium . According to Prof Ibe, human capital development especially among youths, remains the fastest way of industrializing the nation through the establishment of many small and medium scale enterprises.

The  university don narrated how he developed a dogged spirit of enterprise by learning many trades including, carpentry, masonry, surveying and construction while still in school, stressing that the skills he acquired enabled him lay a solid financial foundation for his life.

He  challenged  the new students to toe the path of excellence and diligence. He also  enjoined the matriculating  students to eschew all forms of deviancy while upholding the tenets of sound morality throughout their tenure in the  institution, as a way of anchoring their future on strong spiritual pillars.

Highlight of the ceremony was the symbolic administration  of matriculation  oath on a record number of 326 fresh students, admitted into the institution in the 2020/2021 academic session.

The occasion attracted  many high profile personalities, including a former Deputy Governor of Imo State ,Lady Ada Okwuonu and Deputy Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor, Chief Ukpai Agwu Ukpai among others.