Ojukwu University: Bianca commends Governor Obi for immortalizing her husband

Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu, Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, and wife of former Biafran warlord, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has commended Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State for immortalizing her husband by naming Anambra State University after him.
Bianca made the commendation in Nsukka on Friday when she paid a condolence visit to the family of late Kassidy Uchendu, who until his death was the Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Nsukka chapel and correspondent of SUN newspapers in the University town of Nsukka.
She noted that by naming Anambra State University after her late husband, Governor Obi had fulfilled his promise of immortalizing him.


“Wherever my husband is today, he would be happy that a tertiary institution has been named after him.
“My husband was a lover of education, that was
why his library was stocked with assorted books”.

The ambassador said that the death of Kassidy Uchendu had robbed NUJ one her veteran journalists.
She described Uchendu as a journalist who was very careful in the use of words as well as very
objective in his reportage.
“Uchendu saw journalism not only as profession but as well as a vocation, that was why he spent all his life in the media. I know him very well; his wife
Mrs Franca Uchendu is my aunty.
“Uchendu was a humbly and hardworking journalist. I commiserate with NUJ, because the union has lost one her veteran journalists”, she said.
The Ambassador while urging the family to take solace that a father, husband and uncle lived useful life, prayed God to grant the family the fortitude to bear the
irreparable loss.
“The family should be consoled that their father lived a good life and used
his profession to impact positively on the society. He was a good Christian
who had fear of God while on earth”, she noted.
Responding, wife of the late Kassidy, thanked the ambassador for identifying with the family in the moment of grief.
She said, “the family is grateful with your family for identifying with us at
this moment of sorrow”