“My aim is to make Queens an institution that all of us will be proud of"

Fr. Luke succeeds Fr. Andrew as Queens’ admin.

By Victor Ishiwu

Both the students, staff, parents and guidance of Queen of the Holy Rosary Secondary School, Nsukka were addressed in the morning of Wednesday September 28, 2016 with a message of joy, inspiration and encouragement by the new administrator of the college Rev. Fr. Luke Emeka Eze. 

During the well articulated inaugural speech Fr. Luke Emeka Eze who took over from Andrew Eze thanked the Holy Spirit and the Church in Nsukka for entrusting such great responsibility upon his shoulder and prayed God to help him to be faithful in his work.

He admonished both the teachers and students to begin to re-adjust and change their pattern, for the institution to be able to reach its apex within a short time.

According to him, change is the only permanent thing.

“As without motion there will be no movement, so without change there will be no growth,” he said.

Going further, Fr. Eze urged all to cooperate effectively, saying that supports from both the teachers, parents, guidance and students of the institution (Queens)is highly recommended.

“I ask for your private suggestions and opinions on how to make this great institution better,” he said.

He firmly promised that all their valid contributions, opinions and advice will be aptly put into consideration.

Fr. Emeka equally praised the courage, passion, ingenuity, selflessness, and sacrifices of the immediate pass administrator in the person of very Rev. Fr. Andrew Eze.

In his words, “Fr. Andrew is a pioneer administrator who by himself laid the solid foundation we are enjoying today. As the pioneer administrator, he took over from nobody; he put his ingenuity at work and today we have a very solid foundation on which to build. Today he saw and he conquered. He is a lion.”

He strongly assured members of the staff, parents and students that he will not go below the standard already set by the past administrator but rather he will stand on it to achieve a greater height.

“My aim is to make Queens an institution that all of us will be proud of; an institution that will be spiritually alive, morally and academically strong; an institution that will produce women of substance like our great and noble late professor, Dora Akunyili, who are capable of changing the face of Nigeria.

“This is my vision, my mission, my desire and my prayer. But if this must happen all of us-parents, teachers and students must sit up and play our game well,” he said.

Speaking to the parents/guardians, he assured them that their children are in safe hands and strictly warned those who partner with their children in the crime of examination malpractice. 

According to him, students must learn to succeed through hard work.

Fr. Eze made it clear to the students that there is no alternative to hard work, obedience and docility. He pledged the readiness of his administration to build a quality and enhancement agency both for staff and students of the college.

“We shall capitalize more on the quality of teachers and students and not quantity. I promise to love and treat everybody with fairness, to use the resources available with the approval of Father Bishop to ensure the maintenance of the staff and students,” Fr. Eze affirmed.