NUC begins resource verification for 4 new  degree programmes at ESUT

The National Universities Commission, NUC, on Wednesday began resource verification for four new programmes at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT.

The four programmes housed in the newly established Faculty of Allied Health Sciences include; Radiography, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, and Biomedical Engineering.

While addressing ESUT Management at the Vice Chancellor’s office at ESUT, Agbani, Enugu State, a Deputy Director, Academic Planning, NUC,  Mrs. Justina Emerole, who led the team during the exercise, assured that they would not adopt bellow-the-belt tactics in their assessment of resources for the take-off of the aforementioned programmes in ESUT.

“We are not here to kill the baby before its birth, we are here to nurture the baby to growth. In NUC, resource verification is very important because if you don’t start well, you will get into problems when it gets to the point of inviting NUC for accreditation. 

“We are here to see what you have on ground, where we have advice to give you, we will do that, and we shall pat you on the back where you did well,” Mrs. Emerole said.

While restating the preparedness of ESUT for the take-off of the new programmes, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, lauded the solid support and encouragement of the Enugu State Government in ensuring that the new programmes took off strongly by procuring  the necessary equipment, adding that it wouldn’t have been possible without Governor Peter Mbah of the state.

“This resource verification exercise would not have been possible without the enormous support of the Enugu State Governor, Barr. Peter Mbah, who procured equipment worth over N150 million for the programmes,” he said. 

He equally stated that ESUT has recorded 99% in the NUC accreditation exercises conducted since the inception of his administration in the University, urging the team to be partners in progress to ensure that the new programmes begin on sound footings.