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THE IMPERATIVE OF ALUMNI NETWORK: Prof. Ikonne's Working Visit Example = Ahamefula Israel = Successive governments in Nigeria have invested heavily in the establishment of universities over the decades hoping fervently that these institutions can play a ground-breaking role in addressing problems of underdevelopment such as poverty, social wastefulness, low production, unemployment, hunger, illiteracy and diseases, among others. Although the direct contribution of the nations universities in solving identified problems has not been independently established, very little attention has been paid to this enormous lapse from the nations ivory towers due to the myriad of challenges which they face. Nonetheless, a second line of intervention in national development is available through the alumni associations of these universities. Indeed, the strength of any university alumni lies in the pool of skills and talents available to be tapped for national development and not in its a...

As Absu is set to honour our eminent Governor. Written by: Ahamefula Israel DIGNIFYING A SCHOLAR IN GOVERNANCE: Gov. Ikpeazu's Specimen. Ahamefula Isreal  In the life of every achiever, there are usually two outstanding seasons: the first season is usually that of work, work and work. The other season that follows is usually that of recognitions, awards and rewards. For such great men and women, it might take years of hard work, unalloyed dedication to duty, unparalleled sacrifice for a cause they believe in and an unstoppable drive to lift their people from the doldrums and opprobrium to irreversible stardom, to keep working, sometimes with much fanfare while others may work their socks off silently, unnoticed, and steadily but surely until they achieve their ultimate goal. For the latter, except they have grown the needed thick skin to wade off spanners and cogs that would surely be thrown their way by impatient armchair critics and professional detractors they...

Abia State University, Uturu; Certainly Excellence and Service (Part1) Abia State University emerged in 1981 in the former Imo State under the name of Imo State University, Uturu, Okigwe. The university was established by