An endowment fund has been established in honour of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to reward the best graduating students in the Department of Economics at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State.
Details of the Endowment Prize
Mr. Jude Emecheta, leader of the All Soludo Support Group, presented a cheque of ₦1 million to the Vice-Chancellors of both universities to fund the Prof. Chukwuma Soludo Prize for the Best Economics Student.
- Under the scheme, the best graduating Economics student from UNIZIK and COOU will each receive ₦100,000 every year for the next five years.
- Receiving the cheques, the Vice-Chancellor of UNIZIK, Professor Charles Esimone, and the Vice-Chancellor of COOU, Professor Greg Nwakoby, thanked the group for the gesture and praised Prof. Soludo as an academic role model for students.
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