Alumni

FUTO Alumni Association is the umbrella Association of all graduates of Federal University of Technology, Owerri.  The Association is organized around local Chapters situated in major cities in Nigeria, Europe and America. There are also non-chapter groups such as Graduating Year groups and Class groups.

The broad goals of the association include:

• Ensuring rapid and uninterrupted flow of ideas, resources and best-practices between the Alumni, their companies/institutions and FUTO;
• Championing and sustaining high academic standards at FUTO and the wider society by creating alliances between FUTO and reputable research agencies and academic organizations around the world;
• Encouraging collaborations and affiliations between FUTO and industries/institutions within and outside Nigeria;
• Providing ample opportunity for mentoring relationships, social, cultural and professional development of the membership.

Richard Chinedum Ihejirika has been an academic staff of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri for about twenty years. He attended the famous University of Ife, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the University of Uyo, where he obtained B.A, M.A., and PhD respectively with specialization in English as a Second Language.