Udom Emmanuel is guest speaker of UNN’s Founders’ Day

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has appointed Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom state, as guest speaker of its 2021 Founders’ Day.

The announcement was made during a courtesy call on the governor at government house, Uyo, on Sunday.

Bennett Nwanguma, chairman, senate ceremonials committee, UNN, led the university’s delegation.

Emmanuel accepted the invitation of the programme which holds on October 7, 2021.

He thanked the university community for nominating him to speak at the occasion, indicating that the session will be an avenue to interact and share knowledge and experiences which will be of benefit to the university community.

“Let me thank the entire University for nominating Akwa Ibom State because I am representing the people first, so I want to appreciate that recognition,” he said.

“This lecture means a lot to us because this is an opportunity to share experiences, interact with the University community which we believe will be beneficial to the people as it will pass information, knowledge and experience to the people and the entire university community.”

Speaking on the contributions of the University towards nation building, Emmanuel maintained that Nigeria can surmount its challenges if there is a re-awakening of a moral rebirth in the minds of the people to take up their responsibilities, the country will be better off.

“We need to pass a message that we can fix it, we must rejig the system and get things done, we should not allow many things to decay in our land and the only to do that is to pass information where we try to rebuild a moral rebirth in our people and the confidence in our people that we must forge ahead and if we don’t fix it nobody will do it for us,’’ he said.