Education

Student emerges VC for one day, wins car gift

A 400-Level student of the Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Vitalis Iloanuwusi, has emerged the “Vice Chancellor For One Day”.

The winner was given a N3.9 million car gift. The presentation was made on Friday in Enugu.

Iloanuwusi became overall best student with Cumulative Grade Point of 5.0 in two semesters. For this, he was made GUO VC for one day. He was first male student to win the position.

The Vice Chancellor, Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Enugu, Rev. Fr. Christian Anieke, said the university adopted the ‘VC for one day’ to motivate students, adding that when you challenged students, they would do well for themselves.

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He stressed that those who had emerged student for one day were currently doing extremely well in life, an indication that the programme was good.

“We believe that when they taste success, they will crave for more in life and I believe this boy Vitalis will not go for something below excellence because he has taken seat as VC.

“He has addressed senate of the university, university’s secondary school and its group of institutions,” Anieke said.

Presenting the car gift, the donor, Mr. Alphonsus Nwafor, charged students to have specific objective on why they are in school, explaining that Iloanuwusi had a vision which led him in breaking the record.

He explained further that when he discovered that only females were emerging the VC for one day in the school, he threw a challenge to boys which saw Iloanuwusi becoming the first male student to win the position.

He added that the gift would be extended to female students as a way of balancing it, adding the car gift cost him N3.9 million.

Commending the donor and the VC, Iloanuwusi who was in tears of joy, said he was able to achieve the feat through hard work and patience, adding that the donor had inspired him with the car.

“I am proud of GOU and I never believe that the promise of car gift will become reality,” he said.

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