FG Threatens To Relocate FUTO

The federal government has threatened to relocate the Federal University of Technology Oweri and other government institutions experiencing crisis in host communities.The Permanent Secretary, federal ministry of education, Mr. Sonny Echono disclosed this while hosting the governing council of the federal university of technology Owerri, in Abuja.The Federal University of Owerri, one of the first universities in Nigeria, was established in 1981, but the institution has been faced with issues that have slowed its growth.According to Mr. Echono, topmost among its challenges, is the alleged encroachment and vandalization of facilities belonging to the Federal Government by indigenes of host states and communities adding that this has threatened the security and lives of students and properties of the institution leading to the governing council of the institution to seek the intervention of the federal government.Mr. Echono noted that the federal government is worried about the continuous threats to its institutions in some states, and is no longer prepared to fold its arms and do nothing about the destruction done to its properties.