Jointly sponsored by the House Leader, Hon. Chidi Lloyd and the House committee chairman on education, Hon. Maureen Tamuno, the bill, if passed into law will amend the Rivers State University of Education Law recently passed by the State legislators.

The academic institution which was upgraded not long ago from the status of a college of education into a full-fledged university will have its name changed to Ignatius Ajuru University of Education.
Cited as Rivers State University of Education Law (Amendment) Bill 2010, the sponsors seek to amend sections 5(f), 7, 27 and 25 of the existing law.
Presenting the bill to the House, Hon. Lloyd noted that whereas the previous law prescribed three sittings in a year for the governing council of the institution, the new law would recommend four sittings in a year for the council.

The new law also seeks the creation of an “Appointment and Promotion Committee”, with a renewable two-year tenure prescribed for the deputy vice-chancellor as against the present four years.
The school would run degree awarding faculties in humanities, natural and Applied sciences, social sciences, education, vocational and technical education, agricultural sciences, business studies and continuing education (formerly part-time studies).

The immortalization of the late elder statesman and accomplished business executive is in fulfillment of the promises of Governor Rotimi Amaechi who had given his words to that effect at the funeral of the deceased.
It would be recalled that Chief Ajuru was recently felled by the assassin’s bullet at Obehie, a border town between Rivers and Abia States, having been trailed to the place in what many have described as a politically motivated murder.
 

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