By Ogochukwu Isioma
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will on Saturday (today), commission the Senator Daisy Danjuma hostel for female students at the Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the University, Mrs Benedicta Ehanire, disclosed this in an invitation message sent out Friday night, on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Lilian Salami.
METROWATCHXTRA.COM gathered that the hostel was donated by General T.Y Danjuma (RTD), former Defence Minister, through the T.Y. Danjuma Foundation, on behalf of his Edo-born wife, Daisy Danjuma.
“The Vice Chancellor, Professor Lilian Salami invites you to the grand commissioning of the Senator Daisy Danjuma hostel for girls, graciously donated by General T.Y. Danjuma, GCON,” the statement reads in part.
“The ceremony will be performed by His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki, Governor of Edo State,” the UNIBEN spokesperson and sister to Senator Daisy Danjuma, Mrs Benedicta Ehanire added.
In a chat with journalists, the UNIBEN spokesperson, Mrs Benedicta Ehanire said she attracted the twin female hostel worth 500 million Naira from Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, her in-law, for the Vice Chancellor.
According to her, this was a ‘give-back to the society’ gesture by Danjuma after she recommended the in-law to the University Management for a honorary doctorate degree recognition during the last convocation ceremony of the institution held in 2021.
This was earlier collaborated by her close ally, Ven. David Osazee Egbenusi, Chaplain of the UNIBEN’s All Saints Chapel, who acknowledged Mrs Ehanire’s support to the Salami led administration, particularly in attracting projects to the school.
“The woman is there not to benefit, but to add value. You may not like her style… Her brother-in-law is there building hostel… Theophilus Danjuma. She(Ehanire) is bringing some investments. That kind of a person is not somebody you undermine.”
Meanwhile, METROWATCHXTRA.COM learned that Governor Obaseki is expected to perform the ceremony for stone laying of the second Senator Daisy Danjuma hostel also for girls, later today.
METROWATCHXTRA.COM recalls that the UNIBEN VC had in March last year performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the two three-floor hostels for female students, at the Ugbowo campus of the institution.
