Minister turns down request to name lecture theatre after him
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has turned down a request by members of the Federal Government College, Sokoto, to name a lecture theatre after him.
Minister of State, Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba
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According to the statement, the minister who was in Sokoto to commission a state-of -the art lecture theater in the college, stunned cheering crowd of staff, students and others after he kicked against the idea.
The building had the inscription: “Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba lecture theatre”.
The statement quoted the minister explaining that it was against his principles to accept such honour while in office.
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Nwajiuba then ordered the inscription to be removed, as all efforts by the school management to persuade him to accept the offer fell on deaf ears.
“As a matter of principle, I cannot accept any such honour while still in public office. If you decide to do that after I might have left office, then I will be available,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, the Principal of the college, Alhaji Ibrahim Uba explained that the offer was not an award but a historic recognition of what the Nwajiuba had done to the school.
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