Minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has lamented inadequate funding as one of the major challenges to educational development of the country.
Adamu stated this at the 29th Convocation ceremony of Abia State University, Uturu recently.
Adamu was represented by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed, at the event.
He commended the Prof Onyemachi Ogbulu-led management of the university for its giant strides and the 3,757 graduands among which 19 bagged First Class and seven distinction in Medicine & Surgery.
In his remarks, Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, represented by his deputy, Sir Ude Oko Chukwu, promised the continued support of the government to the university and the entire education sector.
He commended the university administration for its remarkable footprints in the academic world, and charged the graduands to distinguish themselves in their various fields of endeavour.
In his address, the vice chancellor, Professor Onyemachi Ogbolu, commended the graduands for their academic excellence and charged them to be worthy ambassadors of the university.
He said arrangements were on for the university to commence training in aeronautical studies as aviation, insurance and risk management, hospitality management and tourism, bio- medical engineering, geology, dentistry and geo-physics.
