{"id":8107,"date":"2023-02-07T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2023-02-07T14:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:41:47","slug":"history-of-alex-ekwueme-federal-university-ebonyi-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/history-of-alex-ekwueme-federal-university-ebonyi-state\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, formerly Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) was established by the Federal Government on February 26th, 2011 with the goal of expanding and improving access to quality tertiary education to every part of Nigeria. It however, started academic activities on 5th November, 2012, and was officially renamed by the Federal Government after the late civilian Vice President of Nigeria, Dr. Alex Ekwueme on 2nd February, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alex-Ekwueme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alex-Ekwueme.jpg 224w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Alex-Ekwueme-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Geographically located on latitude 060 8.29\u2019 N, Longitude 080 8.627\u2019E and Altitude 55m (AMSL), AE-FUNAI is sited in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State which is about 25 kilometers from Abakaliki, the State capital. Ikwo is bounded in the north by Abakaliki and Ezza South Local Government Areas and in the south by the Cross River State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University sits on a landmass of 438 hectares of land surveyed and handed over to the University authorities by the Ebonyi State Government. This provides the University with the platform to engage with the drivers of development so that an appropriate programme and research mix can be formulated to meet the needs of the state, geopolitical zone and country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University prides itself as the \u2018Home of Soaring Eagles\u2019 that offers students excellent learning opportunities, informed by up-to-date research and facilitated by highly qualified and motivated workforce, with multi-media class rooms, well stocked\u00a0 modern libraries and well equipped laboratories for practical sessions in a serene learning environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: funai.edu.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, formerly Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI) was established by the Federal Government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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