Former C’River governor donates books to UNICAL
A former Governor of Cross River, Dr Clement Ebri, on Friday in Calabar donated 407 academic and research textbooks to the University of Calabar (UNICAL).
The former governor, who was represented by Mr Joe Odey, said that the gesture was informed by the fact that the university needed books to foster their academic programmes.
According to him, for a university to function optimally, there is a need for it to be properly equipped with academic books and other essentials for research purposes and in the area of advancing information in the course of learning.
Receiving the books on behalf of the university, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, commended the former governor for his benevolence to the growth of the university.
She said that the donation was timely and helpful, adding that the faculties and the university would benefit immensely from Ebri’s show of love and patriotism.
While urging other well-meaning Nigerians and Alumni to show concern in the development of Nigerian universities and UNICAL in particular, Obi promised that the books would be judiciously used and dispatched to the affected faculties.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the books were donated to the Faculty of Educational and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Management Sciences, Departments of Mathematics and Economics respectively. (NAN)
