COVID-19: IMT Enugu Presents Its Solar-Powered Automated Sanitizer Dispenser to Enugu Govt Amid Commendation
The Council, Management and Consulting Unit of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, on Tuesday, presented a solar-powered automated soap, water and sanitizer dispenser developed by the institution, to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, as its contribution to the Enugu State government’s efforts in ensuring observation of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol for containment of the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
Presenting the dispenser to the governor at the Government House, Enugu, the institution, led by the Chairman of the Governing Council, Deaconess Ifeoma Nwobodo and the Rector, Prof. Austin Nweze, said it has the capacity to mass produce the product if given the support.
Gov. Ugwuanyi, who commended IMT Enugu for the wonderful initiative, said this is the kind of relationship that should exist between government and institutions in the area of research.
He, therefore, assured the institution of his administration’s support and cooperation towards the success of the project.
Meanwhile Governor Ugwuanyi paid an unscheduled inspection visit to IMT to inspect the progress of work on the ground at the various intervention projects undertaken by the state government in the institution.
The five separate projects are the Registry block housing Examinations and Records department, block of sixty offices, block of fifteen classrooms, Medical Centre and convenience block housing seventeen apartments each for the staff and students.
The governor was glaringly seen in an indicative nod of satisfaction with the progress of work on the ground while the chairman, Governing Council of the institution, Ifeoma Nwobodo, took him round the sites of the projects at various completion stages.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Sam Udekwe is a journalist working in the News and Current Affairs department, Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Enugu. He is well trained in all genres of journalistic venture.
Mr Sam read Mass Communication, graduating all with Distinction in National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma at IMT, Enugu and Madonna University, Okija, Anambra state, while he is presently on his M.Sc programme also in Mass Communication, at National Open University of Nigeria.
He is currently the NUJ Chairman, Enugu state.
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