‘We’ll restore its lost glory’ — Peter Mba receives panel report on Enugu IMT

Peter Mbah, governor of Enugu, says his administration will ensure that the state-owned Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) regain its past glory. 

Mbah spoke on Tuesday while receiving the report of the committee of inquiry into the accounts, management practices and staff conduct in the institute, which was set up in August.

Represented by Chidiebere Onyia, secretary to the state government (SSG), the governor said the report would serve as one of the pillars for the planned reforms in the institution.

“This is the first of many processes like this, to make sure that the IMT, which is also a historical institute of excellence, is restored to its glory,” Onyia said.

“But we do not want to speak to the issues subjectively. That was why this committee was set up to provide guidance for the government to start the process of reform using empirical data.

“What we want is for IMT to return to its old glory both from the governance point of view and also from the selection point of view and the quality of faculty that is there.”

Also speaking, Edd Nwobodo, the chairperson of the committee, said the panel report centred on pillars of reforms needed at the IMT.

“It is a reform-bias type of work essentially to get things done the right way,” Nwobodo said.

“It was basically to ask the necessary questions, look at the systems, practices, and consequences for the manifestation of those systems.”