Record-breaking Governor of Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi made history as he unveiles the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS), Igbo-Eno, Enugu State.
The newly conceived and established medical institution was completed in keeping with its efforts to increase access to quality medical university education for the teeming youths, as well as provide accessible, quality and affordable healthcare service delivery to the people of Enugu State and beyond, according to Louis Amoke, the SA (Media) to the Governor, in a statement.
Governor Ugwuanyi, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu-North Senatorial zone, performed the historic exercise in the company of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi; the Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Afojulu Raymond Ozoemena; representative of Hon. Justice Chima Centus Nweze of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kenneth Okpe; the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah and his running mate, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai; the Vice Chancellor of the medical university, Prof. James Ogbonna and other principal officers; the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, Most Rev. (Prof.) Godfrey Igwebuike Onah represented by the Vicar-General of the Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Greg Amuluche Nnamani, among others.
The Governor also elivered the 5th Adada Lecture titled “Leadership Education and Inclusive Development,” organised by the Association of Nsukka Professors (ANP), where he gave highlights of his administration’s remarkable achievements in spite of the nation’s economic challenges.