decided to drop non-indigenes especially in its University and other
State owned tertiary Institutions in the State from its Free Education
Programme and the reason being that, for the more than five years the
free education programme has been on,
non-indigenes have been benefitting from the lofty gesture without
indigenes of the State enjoying similar
programme in other States.
And against the backdrop of this development, the State government is
at the moment undertaking the
verification of Students in Imo State University and other State owned
tertiary Institutions in the State and
the verification exercise is aimed at making sure that bonafide
indigenes of the State are identified to enable them continue to enjoy
the free education programme that has become, not only a success story
but somewhat a revolution.
The verification exercise is being
Coordinated by the Secretary to the Government of Imo State, Sir
George Eche. And the government has
entrusted Sir Eche with such onerous responsibility to make the whole
venture transparent and hitch-free.
To also ensure that the verification venture is thorough, forms are
being issued to the Students which the
traditional rulers of their various
autonomous Communities and State
Development Coordinators (SDC) of
their respective wards would sign.