The books which are mainly in the Science discipline were handed to the University officials on Wednesday, September, 11, 2013.
The University of Buea Library has been enriched with some 200 textbooks mainly in the science domain. The books are a donation of a former student of the Department of Chemistry in the University of Buea, Dr. Benjamin Ashu Arrah, a Post-doctoral research fellow in innovative Chromatology group of Irish Separate Science cluster, Department of Chemistry and Biological Research facility, University of Cock of Ireland.
Handing over the books to the University authorities, the representative of the donor, Lieutenant Colonel Ako Egbe, said his younger brother (Donor) having passed through the University of Buea saw the need of giving back to the institution. He promised that more books will be donated by next year.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Research, Cooperation and Relation with the Business World, Professor Victor Julius Ngoh, speaking on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, expressed gratitude to the donor for his generosity stating that the exercise is one that makes any university extremely proud.
The Deputy VC further stressed that the university's mission of teaching, research and outreach cannot be attained without a good library. The young University of Buea Library, he went on, is in dire need of books and the institution with its financial constraints cannot furnish it alone.
