By Sheron Tita
HIBMAT University Institute of Buea has welcomed over 400 freshmen into its institution. This was during an orientation ceremony held in Buea, on Tuesday October 15, 2024.
The orientation ceremony had as keynote speaker, Enongene Julie Brat, Area Manager of Ecobank South West (Buea, Kumba and Limbe), who doubles as MBA alumna of HUIB.
The Area Manager of Ecobank South West, during the ceremony, called on the freshmen to be committed in their studies so as to emerge as great leaders in the nearest future.
“It’s all about consistency, seriousness as far as your studies are concerned. We are in an environment where there are a lot of distractions. So the whole idea was to encourage them that they should study hard because they are all leaders of tomorrow. If you want to allow distractions to take you it means you will not succeed. I am here today because I was focused, consistent, professional, so I will encourage all of them to do same in order to be a better leader tomorrow. And that cannot be gotten from anywhere except HUIB. I didn’t go to any big university. I went to HUIB and this is the product today and I am proud to say I am not only the Branch Manager of Ecobank, I am equally the Area Manager of Ecobank South West”, she encouraged the freshmen.
The ceremony which was chaired by Dr. Jude Chilaka saw the presentation of HUIB staff to freshmen.
Dr. Jude Chilaka, during ceremony, emphasized the institution has as mission to empower creators.
“Our mission is not just to train practitioners as prospective employees for companies in the corporate sector. Our desire is that we should be able to train and empower more of job creators and not just job seekers,”he emphasized.
Aside from that, the president encouraged the freshmen to make judicious use of their time in school.
“Make proper use of your time here. As the saying goes time waits for nobody”, he said.
Prof Tala Kashim, Rector of HUIB,for his part, called on freshmen to abide by the rules and regulations of the university institute, while warning that defaulters shall face sanctions.
It is worth stating that HIBMAT University Institute of Buea, Douala Campus, annex carried out its orientation on Monday 14 th October 2024.
HIBMAT University Institute of Buea is a professional university which is under the mentorship of the University of Buea and Bamenda. Created in the year 2010, by the Ministry of Higher Education, HUIB has evolved from being a Higher Institute to a University Institute with three professional schools namely: School of Business and Management Sciences, Engineering and
Technology, and School of Health Sciences.