President’s Message

Dear fellow FGCE Alumni!

Welcome to the website of All Federal Government College Enugu Ex-Students Association (aka FGCEOSA), an association incorporated in Nigeria under the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020.

The FGCEOSA’s main objective is “to help our alumni and our alma mater by promoting close relations between the school and alumni, ensuring that programs are initiated and developed for the benefit of alumni and the school, and to assist the school in its development and pursuit of academic excellence.” The direct implication of this is that all we do as a group/team should be channeled toward realizing the objective for which this association was created.

All members of FGCEOSA were at one time or the other students at Federal Government College (FGC) Enugu, a school founded on 19th January 1973. Membership of FGCEOSA is free and voluntary.

Our large and diverse alumni membership base is a source of strength for us as we can leverage networking across the various Alumni Chapters and Class Sets to build capacity and create new opportunities for growth, thereby achieving different facets of development in life. This amongst other things has prompted the current set of Executives (aka Team SEAL) to base our activities on the theme “Powering Progress Together” for the duration of our tenure.

We have not relented in our efforts to make valuable impacts in the FGCE community through several infrastructural and capacity development projects funded by Alumni, inclusive of mentorship programs, and the annual Speech Day and prize-giving ceremony where students that exhibit excellent and outstanding performance in learning, sports, and character are celebrated and rewarded.

FGCEOSA is also one of the Alumni Association members of the Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA), an incorporated body and public trust made up of alumni of the over 100 Federal Government Colleges (aka Unity Schools) in Nigeria, and set up to advance the objectives of national unity and development through quality access to education in Nigeria.

We as an EXCO will continue to seek and implement ways to improve the welfare conditions of all our Alumni and promote avenues for valuable collaboration amongst alumni. You will do well to support the EXCO by playing an active role in your alumni Class Set and/or Chapter.

Follow us on our social media handles via the links at the top and bottom of this webpage, as well as reach the EXCO via the email address (at the top of this webpage) as you deem necessary.

May God bless ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE ENUGU EX-STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, and all our Alumni in general!

PRO UNITATE FGCE!

Engr. Nnadozie Eze (Class of 1993)
President (2021-23)
On behalf of FGCEOSA National EXCO

Dear Alumni,

It is my pleasure to welcome you to our Federal Government College Enugu Old Students Association (FGCEOSA) website.

The primary objective of our association is to help our alumni and our alma mater. We will do this by promoting close relations between the school and alumni, ensuring that programs are initiated and developed for the benefit of alumni and the school and assisting the school in its development and pursuit of academic excellence.

For those who don’t know, membership of FGCEOSA is free and takes effect immediately upon graduation.

As your elected executives, we hold these truths to be self-evident; that our shared experiences at Federal Government College Enugu (FGCE) connect all of us in a very special way, and that as the vagaries and pressures of life take hold (family, work, the economy), we tend to lose touch with those outside our immediate environment who we share this special bond with. Consequently, we firmly believe that a revitalized and vibrant FGCEOSA will ensure that this does not happen, by helping us to remain connected to those friends and to the vast resources available within our network.

There is no gainsaying that the FGCE alumni family is huge. The school graduated its first set of students in 1978. Given the federal character of its admissions policy it encompasses a network that spans every single state in Nigeria and a reach spread across every continent on earth.

It will be unconscionable for us to allow this special connection with our former FGCE classmates and the school to end after our graduation.

This is why as your elected leadership, we have tasked ourselves with harnessing and integrating this colossal yet untapped network. We are confident that the rejuvenated association we are building will offer many benefits to alumni. We have many initiatives planned for the coming years and many projects in the pipeline to increase member benefits and interaction, student welfare, and our local and global reach and impact as thought leaders.

Later this month we will debut our monthly “FGCEOSA Alumni Spotlight.” This online segment is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of alumni who are truly making a difference not just in their respective fields, but in philanthropy, community service and leadership—all hallmarks of the well-rounded education that FGCE bestowed on us. Featured alumni in the Spotlight will embody the FGCE spirit in their contributions to their communities and will serve as role models for current students as they prepare to take the next step after leaving FGCE.

There’s much more in the works, so stay tuned to our website, your inbox and to social media for more ways to get involved.  I also encourage all of us to think of ways we can support the school to whatever degree we are comfortable with.   And I speak not just about financial support.

Our various alumni associations, chapters and sets have ongoing student career and academic mentorship programmes, leadership programmes, teachers’ upskilling programmes, and often volunteer their time at school academic and social events. These programmes are designed to not only support the students throughout their stay in FGCE, but also to help them develop the personality and the skills necessary to keep pace in the competitive job market they will face in the future.

As for financial support, fund raising is a key aspect of what we do.

Given the shortfall in the Federal Government’s capacity to maintain and upgrade facilities at the school, various sets, chapters and FGCE alumni associations have embarked on a number of capital-intensive infrastructure interventions to improve student welfare. These projects have been funded through the active support of all of us, and we remain eternally grateful.

So, thank you for visiting us today, and please re-visit this site often for updates on alumni news and events. I encourage you to explore all that we have to offer to stay connected and make yourself and FGCEOSA stronger.

I also invite you to visit the school premises in Independence Layout, Enugu, as often as you can to assess how the school is faring. Please do not hesitate to stop by at the Alumni Liaison office located on the second floor of the school’s Administrative (AD) block. The Alumni Liaison Officer, Dr. Mrs. Chikezie, and other support staff will be very happy to provide you with any administrative support you may require. Also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and support various interventions that the different alumni associations, chapters and sets are undertaking at the school.

Finally, let me thank you all for your relentless support. We look forward to the continued assistance and active involvement of the entire FGCE alumni to carry out our noble activities.

Thanks once again.

You have my best regards as always.

Dr. Jekwu Ozoemene (Class of 1990)
National President
On behalf of National EXCO FGCEOSA