The New Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, UniCal, and the first female to head the institution forty five years after its establishment Professor Florence Obi has been sworn in as the eleventh Vice Chancellor of the institution.
Obi was sworn in on Tuesday in Calabar by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of University of Calabar Governing Council, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu.
In her remarks,the new Vice Chancellor expressed her unflinching commitment to a culture of academic excellence through quality research output, teaching and learning, scholarly publications and visibility and integrity of examination results.
She pointed out that other areas of her commitment would include result processing and handling and the reinforcement of quality assurance mechanism at all spheres, including the departmental level.
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Earlier in her speech, the Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the University, Senator Nkechi Nwaogu said that her robust engagements with Obi after the selection exercise in September further deepened her confidence in the power of her vision, resourcefulness, competence and passion to provide the leadership that will produce concrete results.
Professor Florence Banku-Obi, who is a Professor of Special Needs Education in the University, was appointed VC of the institution on September ten and took over from Professor Zana Akpagu, whose tenure expired on November thirty after a period of five years.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
