Speaking while commissioning the building at the Enugu campus of the University, the Managing Director of SPDC, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, said the facility was designed to provide training in environmental studies as well as support university education.
Mr. Sunmonu, represented by the General Manager, Sustainable Development and Community Relations, Mr. Nedo Osayande, said CEMAC would also strengthen the company’s focus on environmental preservation.
The managing director said that it would offer targeted graduate study programmes and support lecturers and students on innovations in their fields of study. Continue...
He said that the inauguration marked a turning point in the company’s contributions to academic development in Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions in the country.
Mr. Sunmonu assured the school of its continuous support to capacity development in the university and expressed the hope that future generations of researchers, staff and students would benefit from the centre.
Earlier, the UNN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Bartho Okolo, described the event as a “typical example of Public Private Partnership”.
Prof. Okolo announced that the SPDC spent three million dollars in building and equipping the centre.
While thanking the company for the investment, the V. C. said that it would boost human capital and research development.
He said, “It is not just a building that Shell has given, it has furnished the building, it has equipped the building, so it is a comprehensive donation”.
In an interview, Dr Bandele Onimode, the South-East Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said that products of the centre would contribute immensely toward environmental management and control in the country.
Dr. Onimode said the agency would partner with the centre in ensuring environmental protection in the country.
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