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Governor Peter Obi has changed the name of Anambra State University to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University.

Obi announced the change on Tuesday, during the posthumous anniversary celebration of the 80th birthday of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, at the permanent site of the university, at Igbariam.

Obi, who recalled the change of the name of the most critical road in the state, Head Bridge, to Odumegwu-Ojukwu Boulevard, said the decision to change the name of the university was informed by the heroic contributions of Ojukwu to the Igbo people.

Insisting that no honour is too much for Ojukwu, the governor thanked the Federal Government for the honour done Ojukwu when he died and called for naming of more institutions after him.

The occasion, which witnessed an unprecedented crowd, also witnessed the presentation of the cheque of N5 billion to the management of the school for continued infrastructural development as well as the paying back of about N500 million borrowed from a bank by the school.

Speaking further, the governor, who presented four security fitted patrol vehicles to the university and two new buses to the students’ union in both campuses – Uli and Igbariam- announced the increase in the monthly subvention of the university by 15 per cent, starting from January,2014. (NAN)