For displaying unparalleled honesty, a staff of the University has received official commendation from the Vice-Chancellor, FUTO. Renowned Scientist and scholar, Prof. (Mrs.) C.O. Asinobi of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Imo State University who is currently on sabbatical leave in FUTO exhibited uncommon honesty and integrity by returning a payment of over N400, 000.00 credited to her bank account in error.
 
On discovering the huge over-payment, Prof. Asinobi quickly notified the authorities and returned the amount made to her in error to the University. in his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor commended her for displaying rare honesty and uncommon courage and wished her well in her future endeavours.