University Vice Chancellor Begs Feederal Government. Give Us Our Rightful TakeOff Grant, Nnamdi Azikwe

Egboka, who spoke when members of the senate committee on education visited the university as part of her oversight function, had however commended the national assembly for the support which they've given to the university, adding that without such support, the university would not have recorded such achievements within.
The university was taken over by the federal government in 1992 barely after one year it was established as a state university, but currently to date now, they has not received the takeoff grant which other federal universities has recieved.
The UNIZIK Vice Chancellor had said that despite cases made by the various past ministers of education in favour of the Nnamdi Azikwe University, the issue had remained unattended to by the federal Government.
He said that even when monies which were allocated to the university over the years were not fully released, adding that the only year it received full allocation was in 2008.
And according to him, only 47.75% of the allocation to the tertiary institution for 2012 had been released, while only N28.26 million out of N99.32 million appropriated for the over head cost for this year had been released to the tertiary institution. In his speech, the chairman of the senate committee on education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije said that the senate would do whatever it could to assist Nnamdi Azikiwe University, adding that if there was any evidence that other universities which suffered the fate eventually got their takeoff grant, Unizik would also get their appropriately.
He further stated and thanked the vice chancellor for exhibiting transparency in the running of the university, noting that it explained the reason for the enormour success achieved in project execution in the institution.
In His Exact Words, he said: i really feel moved and challenged by what i've seen today when i moved round the university. I feel 10 feet tall as an Igboman because I saw what a good leadership can do.
I also saw what prudent management can do and the management of university is backed with sincerity and honesty.
He continued to say that this is the first institution he had been to that adopted a collective way of running a university where both the students and the management at all levels are fully involved.
He said that he is really impressed with the way in which UNIZIK is been governed and that he'll do every thing in his power to ensure that the tertiary institution gets her TakeOff grants