The Chancellor

Dr. Samuel Maduka Onyishi was born in Nsukka, Enugu State, in November 1963 and is considered a successful business mogul of the Enugu Northern extraction. Dr. Sam Onyishi, as he is mostly called, attended the Enugu Road Primary School, Nsukka from 1971-1976 then was admitted into Bubendorf Grammar School, Adazi, in the present day Anambra State.[2] He contemplated tearing his certificate, since education seemed to mean nothing then given his reality. But an encounter with a kinsman who was 2 years below him in primary school a few years later would make him change his view about education, he returned to school later in life. He got admission to do a Diploma Program at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, between 1993 – 1996 and later, a degree program from 1996 – 1999. He graduated with a Second Class Upper in Social works and Community development. He later got a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship from the Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning in the Doctoral Research Centre of the University of Arizona, Phoenix, in the United States. Dr. Onyishi Samuel, Says Education remains one of the cardinal policies of his administration, An entrepreneurial University will address the issue of youth unemployment by making graduates not only to be self-employed, but also employers of labour themselves, As we are aware, one of the greatest challenges of this country is youth unemployment. Dr. Onyishi Vision for Maduka University is to create a social service which should improve the lives of people of all races, mould for limitless attainments, children of all people of the world, irrespective of creed or class, And also is to have a citadel of learning in all ramifications, founded on the best principles and run on the best ethical practices”, maintaining that the institution is determined to build structures that would stand the test of time. Says education remains one of the cardinal policies of his administration, An entrepreneurial University will address the issue of youth unemployment by making graduates not only to be self-employed, but also employers of labour themselves, As we are aware, one of the greatest challenges of this country is youth unemployment.

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