The Vice Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Prof Boniface Egboka has inspected the ongoing projects and construction embarked upon by his administration in the varsity and its College of Medical Sciences located in Nnewi.

Accompanied by top members of the management, the VC was conducted round the medical school by the Provost, Prof Clement Ezechukwu.

Prof Ezechukwu said: “We are happy to show that the campus is getting a facelift as against the near dungeon it was known for in the past. Although, we still have a long way to go, but the authorities have fully assured us that they are behind us.”

Speaking while inaugurating the new laboratory complex for the college, Prof Egboka said he was proud of the college’s achievement in a space of few months. He urged staff and heads of faculties to emulate Ezechukwu.

In his address, the Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Prof. Joe Ahaneku, disclosed that some faculties of the college had received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC). These are Pharmacy, Radiography and Medical Rehabilitation departments.