Ebonyi State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday criticized the purported change of name of the state-owned institution, Ebonyi State University, EBSU, to Ebonyi State International University, ESIU.
The union’s decision, which was the highpoint of an emergency meeting in Abakaliki, came at a time the state government also ordered the university to reduce the number of faculties from 11 to seven and departments from 70 to 35. The union’s chairman, Prof Emeka Nwakpu, said the government’s move would have dire consequences on both past and present students as well as academic and non-academic staff of the affected faculties and departments.
