Late Dr. Alex Ekwueme
The Federal Government has renamed Federal University Ndufu-Alike,
Ikwo (FUNAI) in Ebonyi State after late former Vice President, Dr Alex
Ekwueme.
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo conveyed the directive of President
Muhammadu Buhari while delivering a speech at the funeral service held
for the late statesman in Oko, Anambra state.
The University would now be known as Dr. Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State.
According to Osinbajo, the decision to rename the school was a way
of immortalizing the late architect who has been describes by many as
humility personified.
Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI) in Ebonyi State of Nigeria was founded on 26thFebruary, 2011.
The funeral service was attended by past presidents and vice
presidents, serving governors, lawmakers, very prominent politicians and
statesmen.
As at the time of this report, a procession was being led for the final internment of the late statesman.
Ekwueme died at the age of 85 at a London hospital where he was flown to after he took ill and slumped.
Ekwueme who was Vice President to President Shehu Shagari was
ousted in a coup staged by military officers led by Brigadier
Muhammadu Buhari on 31 December 1983.
He attended the University of London; King’s College; Lagos,
Nigerian Law School; University of Strathclyde and University of
Washington.
He is the Ide of the Oko kingdom in Anambra State, where his younger brother, Lazarus, is the traditional ruler.
He was also honoured by the council of Traditional Rulers in the
old Aguata as the Ide of Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State
comprising forty-four (44) towns.
Ekwueme is a distinguished architect who started his professional
career as an Assistant Architect with a Seattle-based firm, Leo A. Daly
and Associates, and also with the London-based firm Nickson and
Partners.
He worked briefly with ESSO West Africa, Lagos, overseeing the Construction and Maintenance department.
He founded Ekwueme Associates, Architects and Town Planners, the first indigenous architectural firm in Nigeria.
He is currently being accorded the full compliments of a state burial.
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