Plans are ongoing by the 2003 set of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) to donate equipment worth 10million naira as a form of giving back to their alma mater.

This move is said to be a well-structured and collective efforts of the UNN Pharmacy 2003 Class as a buildup of the previous individual donations to the institution.

The President of the class, Pharm. Dr. Innocent Ibegbunam disclosed this to CEOAFRICA in an interview at the recently held reunion and 20th graduation anniversary of the class held at Best Western Plus Hotel, Independence Layout, Enugu.

Being the newly elected pioneer President of the class, he shared that his goals are first to ensure networking between classmates who have connections to help open doors for themselves, and thereafter, impact the society, while he stated that “these are things that will help us to start catalysing the use of our collective resources and energy and talents as a class and colleagues that were together in school between 1998-2003.”

Stating that, “some of our colleagues at the individual level are already sponsoring students, giving scholarship to students in Faculty of Pharmacy, UNN, and supporting diff educational award,” Ibegbunam noted the need to bring together their collective strength as a class to give back to their alma mater.

He noted the plan of the class to develop a working relationship with UNN to identify their needs, saying that, “as part of this reunion, we are already planning to make some equipment donations back to our alma mater, worth about 10million naira, and also help two of our classmates who are unable to stand on their feet.”

According to him, these equipments will make the laboratory environment of the pharmacy faculty in UNN, conducive for the students to avoid the challenges they experienced in their days in school, adding that they will also help staff members to continue to deliver the mandate of restoring the dignity of man which is the cardinal mandate of UNN.

Speaking on some of his plans to run the class administration, he said his aspiration is to lay the foundation “for helping ourselves and start reaching out back to the society and the next administration can take it up from there.” He also disclosed working closely with other elected executive members to provide a constitution that will bind and serve as the modus operandi for the class group.

Meanwhile, Pharm. Felix Ndiukwu, told CEOAFRICA in a presented communique that the class had decided to provide welfare support for two of their colleagues, noting that as the essence of their reunion with more significant impacts to come in future.