Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo Agege, APC, Delta Central, has said that the emergence of Professor Florence Obi as the first female Vice Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar eloquently attests to what he termed the excellence of the womenfolk in higher institutions.
This is contained in a statement yesterday by his Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga.
Omo-Agege who chairs the Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, described Obi as “an astute educational icon” even as he applauded the institution for its non-gender biased meritocracy.
Prof. Mrs. Obi takes over from Professor Zana Akpagu, whose tenure ends on November 30, 2020.
Recall 45-year-older, Professor Obi of the Faculty of Education broke a 45-year-old jinx by emerging the first female Vice-Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, beating 12 other candidates.
Omo Agege urged her to build on the achievements of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Akpagu, praying for the success of her tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the institution.
The DSP said, “In spite of considerable challenges, Nigerian women have continued to demonstrate capacity and competence in various roles and it is no mere conjecture that if given the chance, capable women from the South-South zone and other parts of Nigeria can offer good leadership.
“While congratulating the VC-elect and wishing her a successful-gender-biased, I particularly commend the institution for its non-gender-biased meritocracy.”
Thank you for taking your time in reading through our Journal Today. We wish to always provide you with qualitative Stories as far as GOOD-JOURNALISM is CONCERN. But good journalism costs a lot of money and only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, accountability democracy, and a transparent government.
For continued free access to the best investigative journalism, we ask you to consider subscribing to our daily news updates.
