The immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, (ASCETA), Dr Philips Nto says the institution is the most suited to host the proposed South East University as it boasts of requisite infrastructure to host a university, including the added advantage of a serene environment.
Reacting to the plan by South East governors to site the university at Arochukwu, Dr Philips Nto noted that the college already has high-powered structures and technical equipment to host any kind of a university.
The former Provost who attracted from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), ten solid buildings that can accommodate as many faculties as possible while he served, pointed out that ASCETA currently has the largest library in the entire South East, while e- learning equipment for linkages had been set up in most of the classrooms.
According to him” TETFUND was magnanimous to approve these structures for ASCETA when I was the Provost. Beyond that, they equipped all of them to serve the needs of both staff and students “
Dr Nto who is a former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in Abia State recalled with delight that he had made presentations to both the Executive Council of the state as well as the State House of Assembly on the need to transform ASCETA into a university.
While arguing that transforming the college into a university will automatically solve the problem of low enrollment, currently plaguing the institution as well as projecting it into the world for patronage, he commended Gov Alex Otti for recommending ASCETA to his brother governors for the siting of the South East University.
” Arochukwu is a historical city,”Nto declared.
