The University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA) has warned the Federal Government over its plan to rename their alma mater after the late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegu Ojukwu. The association rather prefers the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) to be named after the late Ikemba.
Rising from its 21st Biennial Convention and 78th NEC meeting, the association called on the Federal Government to shelve the plan, saying government should name Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) after him since the late Ojukwu was one of the first students of the institution. According to UNAA, it subscribes to the idea of immortalising the late patriot, but government should rather rename the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) after Ojukwu. In a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting held in Kaduna during the weekend, it stated: “We mourn with heavy heart the demise of the first university graduate of the Nigerian army, elder statesman and patriot, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and call for immortalisation of his name by naming the Nigerian Defence Academy, among others after him”
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