Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has promised to offer automatic employment to graduates of any of the tertiary institutions in the state who bags a first-class degree or in the alternative, the opportunity to pursue a post graduate programme in any of the higher institutions of their choice in the country.
He made the promise at the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (being upgraded to a Federal University of Education), Owerri where he received the meritorious Diamond Award from the institution as part of activities to mark her Diamond Jubilee Celebration (1963-2023).
Apart from the largess for the graduating students, the governor told the college that he would do everything within his powers to render all necessary support to the school, particularly in the areas of training and retraining for high quality manpower.
Governor Uzodimma also assured the institution that he would do all that is required for the upgrade of the college to a university, assuring the audience that “henceforth all first-class graduates from the tertiary institutions in the Imo State will be offered automatic employment.”
Uzodimma expressed happiness that it was in his time as governor of Imo State that Alvan Ikoku is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee, noting that “I am not surprised because the college has made some indelible footprints on the sands of time to get to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.”
He expressed gratitude for being found worthy for recommendation for the award and recalled that Ndigbo have a lot of value for education because, “they see education as an empowerment that liberates everyone from the shackles of poverty, ignorance, underdevelopment/ diseases and economic downturn hence the push by every family to ensure their children get quality education.”
